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Design for a screen

Watercolour
1913 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The screen that these designs were made for was first shown at the opening of the Omega Workshops in July 1913.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for a screen (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, watercolour and gouache
Brief description
Design for panels of a four fold screen, by Wyndham Lewis, watercolour, bodycolour and pencil, 1913
Physical description
Design for three panels of a four fold screen depciting circus performers
Dimensions
  • Mount window height: 490mm
  • Mount window width: 370mm
Dimensions from catalogue: 11 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches.
Style
Credit line
Given by Miss Margery Fry JP
Object history
The screen was originally shown at the opening of the Omega Workshops in July 1913. It was shown again in the exhibition 'Wyndham Lewis and Vorticism' held at the Tate Gallery, 6 July to 19 August 1956.
Subjects depicted
Summary
The screen that these designs were made for was first shown at the opening of the Omega Workshops in July 1913.
Bibliographic references
  • Edwards, Paul (ed.), Wyndham Lewis, 1882-1957. Fundación Juan March, Madrid, 2010
  • Gerstein, Alexandra (ed.), Beyond Bloomsbury: Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19 London : The Courtauld Gallery, 2009 75
  • Slocombe, Richard, Wyndham Lewis: Art, Life, War. Imperial War Museum, Manchester, 2017, pp. 30-31
  • Wyndham Lewis, City of Manchester Art Galleries, Manchester, 1980, no. 30
  • Michel, Walter, Wyndham Lewis: Paintings and Drawings London: Thames and Hudson, 1971, no. 131
Collection
Accession number
E.735-1955

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Record createdJanuary 3, 2003
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