TARN, 1957

ROLLER PRINTED COTTON
120 x 97cm

 

LITERATURE
Robin and Lucienne Day: Pioneers of Contemporary Design, Lesley Jackson, Mitchell Beazley, 2001 The New Look: Design in the Fifties, Lesley Jackson, Thames and Hudson, 1991
Designing Women of Post War Britain, Colorado Springs Fine Art Centre, USA, 2008
Textile Design, Lucienne Day, Andrew Casy, Antique Collectors Club, 2014

 

EXHIBITIONS
Designing Women of Post War Britain, Colorado Springs Fine Art Centre, USA, 2008
Women Design, Mid-Century Britain, The Textile Museum, Washington DC, USA, 2010 Designing Women – Post War British Textiles, Fashion and Textiles Museum, London, 2012 Robin and Lucienne Day: Pioneers of Contemporary Design, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 2001

 

COLLECTIONS
The Victoria & Albert Museum
The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
H. Kirk Brown III and Jill A. Wiltse, Denver, Colorado, USA The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA

£3,250

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Biography


Lucienne Day [ 1917 - 2010 ]

British Lucienne Day is one of the best-known post-war textile designers. Born in Surrey, she studied at Croydon School of Art and The Royal College of Art in London. During her career she won many awards, including the Gran Premio prize at the Milan Triennale 1954. She is noted for using Surrealist imagery as a key influence in her designs.

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