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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
Elizabeth Butel, Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 94. cat.no. C.1
Deborah Edwards and Alisa de Torres, Australian decorative arts, Sydney, 1991, 13. cat.no. 50
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'