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Knot

Form
1998 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Large twisted paper clay form built on a wire armature, with painted decoration in black, green and pink over a white slip. Unmarked.

Object details

Object type
Titles
  • Knot (assigned by artist)
  • Zig Zag em Nós
Materials and techniques
Paper clay on wire, with slip and painted decoration
Brief description
'Knot', twisted paper clay form by Ewen Henderson, 1998.
Physical description
Large twisted paper clay form built on a wire armature, with painted decoration in black, green and pink over a white slip. Unmarked.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.5cm
  • Approx width: 56cm
Marks and inscriptions
Unmarked
Credit line
Purchased using funds from the James Yorke-Radleigh bequest and the Contemporary Ceramics Private Donors Fund
Production
Given the title "Zig Zag em Nós" when shown in Brazil in the British Council exhibition Firing Imagination. However, Anthony Shaw has stated that Knot was its intended title.
Bibliographic reference
Firing Imagination: Cerâmica Britânica, The British Council, London, 2000, pp76-77.
Collection
Accession number
C.68-2002

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Record createdDecember 19, 2002
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