Lot Essay
The most minimal of all of Mackintosh's designs for textiles. An almost identical drawing, differing only on the colourways, is in the collection of the Hunterian Art Gallery.
Details
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Fabric Design, circa 1916
signed 'C.R. Mackintosh/2 Hans Studios/43A Glebe Place Chelsea' and inscribed 'No 5 in 3 colours'; pencil, watercolour, on oiled tracing paper, laid down on paper by artist, the design squared in pencil
260 x 238mm.
Fabric Design, circa 1916
signed 'C.R. Mackintosh/2 Hans Studios/43A Glebe Place Chelsea' and inscribed 'No 5 in 3 colours'; pencil, watercolour, on oiled tracing paper, laid down on paper by artist, the design squared in pencil
260 x 238mm.
Provenance
Mary Newbery Sturrock
Literature
(5) Billcliffe, p.97, Hunterian Art Gallery design
Exhibited
Toronto, 1978, no.152; Washington, 1985, no.26