神马文学网水果图案帮助V&A挖掘出威廉·莫里斯的两幅稀有设计_艺术新闻网
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水果图案帮助V&A挖掘出威廉·莫里斯的两幅稀有设计
作者：丁丁译 文章来源：中国艺术新闻网原创 点击数：378 时间：2009-06-15 14:34
威廉•莫里斯，水果石榴，壁画设计
伦敦讯 2个稀有的由英国诗人、画家、工艺美术家和社会改革家威廉·莫里斯(1834-1896)设计在拍卖行以6万英镑拍卖，其中3万来自艺术基金会。昨天由独立慈善机构帮助被V&A博物馆获得。
这是一幅原创设计“水果”壁纸，在浅黄色的背景下描述了柳叶、柠檬、橘子以及石榴。是用树胶水彩画形式在纸上用铅笔勾画。这幅作品创作于1862年，画家在背面亲手记录。
这幅以水果为主题的壁纸是画家早期的设计之一，被认为现存有2个版本。该版本是第一个，包括了橄榄枝。而后一版已经交给了公司，橄榄枝被替换为橘子和桃枝。但无论如何，原创的橄榄枝细节对于V&A是非常重要的，在博物馆的绿色饭厅（又称莫里斯屋）就是1866年由莫里斯公司装饰的类似图案。
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William Morris, 'Fruit' or 'Pomegranate', a wallpaper design, courtesy Bonhams
The Art Fund Helps V&A Scoop Two Rare William Morris Designs
LONDON.- Two rare designs created and inscribed by William Morris have been acquired at auction by the V&A with help from independent charity The Art Fund, it was revealed today. The works were bought at auction yesterday, 10 June for a total of £60,000, of which £30,000 came from The Art Fund.
The first piece, an original design for 'Fruit' wallpaper, depicts leaves, lemons, oranges and pomegranates on a pale yellow background, and was painted by the artist with gouache on paper over pencil. The work was made c.1862 for Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company and is inscribed with instructions in the artist's hand on the reverse.
This fruit-themed pattern is one of Morris's earliest designs for wallpaper and is known to exist in two versions. This is the first version, which includes an olive branch motif. In later re-workings of the design, and in the actual Morris & Co. wallpaper, olive branches are replaced with sprays of oranges and peaches. However, the original olive pattern is of particular importance to the V&A as it strongly resembles the decorative plasterwork in the museum's Green Dining Room, or 'Morris Room', decorated by Morris's firm in 1866.