Title
Plate with spirals
circa 1950
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- Plat à spirales
- Place where the work was made
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Sablons
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Isère
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France
- Date
- circa 1950
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- glazed earthenware
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 46.5 cm diam. (irreg.)
- Signature & date
Signed, verso, slip "MSD". Not dated.
- Credit
- Mollie Douglas Bequest Fund 2017
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 22.2017
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Anne Dangar
Works in the collection
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About
Anne Dangar’s use of circular and spiral designs to decorate her ceramics comes from the teachings of her great mentor Albert Gleizes. His 1932 book 'La forme et l’histoire' (Form and history) discusses his view that human nature is constant and the same rhythmic designs will recur in different ages in different societies. He illustrated this theory with a number of circular and spiral designs from prehistoric carvings and ancient pottery, and believed that cubism could revive the use of such designs.
Dangar's great ability was in adapting these historical symbols for use on functional forms in ways which was both aesthetically pleasing and artistically satisfying.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Anne Dangar céramiste: Le cubisme au quotidian, Musee de Valence, Valence, 26 Jun 2016–26 Feb 2017
Anne Dangar: ceramics from Moly-Sabata, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 Aug 2018–21 Oct 2018
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Bruce Adams, Rustic cubism: Anne Dangar and the art colony at Moly-Sabata, Chicago, 2004, 62 (illus.). Fig. 37 (as "Plate with Celtic spirals")
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David Butcher, Anne Dangar céramiste: Le cubism au quotidian, Paris, 2017, 104 (colour illus.). cat.no. 46
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Leanne Santoro, Look, 'The true soul of Moly-Sabata', Sydney, Jul 2018-Aug 2018, 37 (colour illus.).
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