Materials:
Oil, Canvas
Physical Object Description:
An abstracted, cubist-inspired still life consisting of overlapping shapes and sharply drawn outlines in pale tones. The objects depicted appear to be cups, plates and goblets on a square table top. The artist plays with traditional notions of space with his overlapping shapes.
Dimensions:
203.9 x 228.5 cm
Accession Number:
1951.463
Credit:
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society and private subscribers, 1951
Ownership history:
Commissioned by the Arts Council for the Sixty Paintings for '51 exhibition, 1951; purchased by the Contemporary Art Society and a body of local subscribers, including the Sir Thomas Barlow (1883-1964) public appeal fund for Manchester City Art Gallery, 1951