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Print

1913 (made)
Artist/Maker
Omega Workshops (designed for)
Lewis, Wyndham (artist)

Process engraving design for a lampshade, decorated with figure subjects.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Designs
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
process engraving on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description
Design for lampshades (one of nine), decorated with figure subjects, some drawn from the circus, by Wyndham Lewis, process engraving, 1913
Physical description
Process engraving design for a lampshade, decorated with figure subjects.
Dimensions
  • Average size of sheets in set height: 17.1cm
  • Average size of sheets in set width: 31.1cm
Dimmensions taken from: Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964. Published by HMSO. 1965.
Object history
Previously owned by Duncan Grant. This was the only print from this set not exhibited at the Omega Workshop exhibition at the V&A in 1963.
Association
Grant, Duncan
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964 published by HMSO 1965
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964 published by HMSO 1965
  • Michel, Walter, Wyndham Lewis: Paintings and Drawings London: Thames and Hudson, 1971, no. 135
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.494-1964

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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