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Ourangs [sic] (pottery group) (1935)

C. and N. (Charles and Nell) Vyse

stoneware

Gallery Oldham

Ourangs [sic] (pottery group) (1935)

Photo credit: Gallery Oldham

Details

Classification:

Craft, Ceramic, Pottery

Materials:

Stoneware

Physical Object Description:

Hand-painted in a pale green and streaked brown glaze, on faceted ebonised wooden base with faded original paper label. 23cm high (without base), signed 'Vyse Chelsea'.

Dimensions:

23 cm

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1942

Scheme:

Pottery and Crafts Fund (1928-1948)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Ernest Marsh (1863-1945) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Pottery and Crafts Fund; presented to Gallery Oldham, 1942

Relationship:

Ernest Marsh Gallery Oldham

The orangutans (derived from the Malay words orang, meaning "person", and hutan, meaning "forest") were called Pongo and Joey and lived in the London Zoo where Charles Vyse used to visit them and make sketches.

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C. and N. (Charles and Nell) Vyse
Ourangs [sic] (pottery group) (1935)

Artworks by C. and N. (Charles and Nell) Vyse

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