Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961, British
Title:
Design for Omega Workshops Fabric
Date:
1913
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove graph paper
Dimensions:
Image: 21 × 16 inches (53.3 × 40.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right (written diagonally downwards): "A | 51/29"; inscribed in graphite, lower right on back (written diagonally downwards): "Designs | for [?Study] | by VB"; inscribed in graphite, lower right on back: "27" (encircled)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B1992.14.2
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
design | abstract art | geometric abstraction | blue | yellow | red | gray | geometric design | organic | interior | decorative arts | applied art | material | fabric | decorative | plants | green
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Vanessa Bell (1879 - 1961) (Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2017-02-08 - 2017-06-04)

The Art of Bloomsbury : Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant (Tate Britain, 1999-11-04 - 2000-01-30)

The Art of Bloomsbury : Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-05-20 - 2000-09-03)

The Art of Bloomsbury : Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 1999-02-26 - 2000-04-30)
Publications:
Sarh Milroy, Vanessa Bell, London, New York, 2017, p. 95, NJ18 B3907 +A12 2017 (YCBA)

Richard Shone, The art of Bloomsbury, Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant , Tate Publishing, London, 1999, pp. 170, 171, cat. no. 93, ND468.5 B55 S56 1999 + (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3353