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Title
Vase with abstract design
1917
Details
Other Title
Small vase with geometric decoration
Date
1917
Materials used
earthenware with underglaze decoration
Dimensions
13.9 x 6.9 cm
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
Location
Not on display
Accession number
C3.1963
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Margaret Preston
Vase with abstract design
Place
Where the work was made
England
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Australian pottery 1900 to 1950 (1978-79):
- Shepparton Art Museum, Australia 05 Sep 1978–05 Oct 1978
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 07 Dec 1978–09 Jan 1979
- National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne 18 Jan 1979–08 Feb 1979
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 24 Feb 1979–25 Mar 1979
Margaret Preston retrospective:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 29 Jul 2005–23 Oct 2005
- Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane 18 Feb 2006–07 May 2006
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 26 May 2006–13 Aug 2006
Referenced in 4 publications
Bibliography
Ian North, The art of Margaret Preston, South Australia, 1980, 62 (illus.).
Peter Timms, Australian pottery 1900 to 1950, 'Australian pottery 1900 to 1950', pg. 9-14, Shepparton, 1978, 39 (illus.), 48, 69. cat.no. 102; titled 'Small vase with geometric decoration'
Deborah Edwards and Alisa de Torres, Australian decorative arts, Sydney, 1991, 13. cat.no. 50
Elizabeth Butel, Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 94. cat.no. C.1