Clarice Cliff - John Armstrong - A circular side plate for t...

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£80

Clarice Cliff - John Armstrong - A circular side plate for the 1934 Harrods Modern Art for the Table exhibition (Art in Industry) in the Chaldean pattern with a stylised horse within banded grey borders, John Armstrong and Bizarre mark, plate width 22cm, together with a smaller side plate by Graham Sutherland and a matched saucer with green and black wave line border. (2)

NB - This was designed by John Armstrong for the 1934 Harrods and Art in Industry 'Modern Art for the Table' exhibitions. Marked 'First Edition'. In 1934 Foley China and Clarice Cliff were asked to produce a range of table wares for the exhibitions and notable artists of the day such as Paul Nash, Laura Knight, Duncan Grant, Graham Sutherland, Gordon Forsyth, Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth were invited to submit designs. Due to poor marketing, the public were largely unaware of the designs and after an initial twelve sets were commissioned of each, further production was halted.