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An image of Vase with abstract design by Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston

(Australia, England, France 29 Apr 1875–28 May 1963)

Title
Vase with abstract design
Other titles:
Small vase with geometric decoration
Place of origin
England
Year
1917
Media category
Ceramic
Materials used
earthenware with underglaze decoration
Dimensions

13.9 x 6.9cm

Signature & date
Signed and dated on base, incised "M R M/ JUN 27/ 17".
Credit
Gift of Mr W.G. Preston the artist's widower 1963
Accession number
C3.1963
Copyright
© Margaret Rose Preston Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Alisa de Torres (Author), Australian decorative arts, Domain, 1991, 13. cat.no. 50

Elizabeth Butel (Author), Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Researcher), Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 94. cat.no. C.1

Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Author), The art of Margaret Preston, South Australia, 1980, 62 (illus.).

Peter Timms (Australia) (Author), Australian pottery 1900 to 1950, Shepparton, 1978, 39 (illus.), 48, 69. cat.no. 102; titled 'Small vase with geometric decoration'

Exhibition history (6)

Australian pottery 1900 to 1950 (1978-79), Shepparton Art Museum, 05 Sep 1978–05 Oct 1978.

Australian pottery 1900 to 1950 (1978-79), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 07 Dec 1978–09 Jan 1979.

Australian pottery 1900 to 1950 (1978-79), National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 18 Jan 1979–08 Feb 1979.

Australian pottery 1900 to 1950 (1978-79), Art Gallery of South Australia, 24 Feb 1979–25 Mar 1979.

Margaret Preston retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 29 Jul 2005–23 Oct 2005.

Margaret Preston retrospective, Queensland Art Gallery, 18 Feb 2006–07 May 2006.