Pottery (1969)

Patrick Caulfield

oil on canvas

Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Physical Object Description:

Inscribed ‘POTTERY PATRICK CAULFIELD 3.1969’ on canvas turnover, and similarly on stretcher.

Dimensions:

213.4 x 152.4 cm

Accession Number:

T01134

Credit:

Purchased by the Tate Gallery from the Mrs H. K. Morton bequest to the Contemporary Art Society, 1969

Scheme:

Bequest

Ownership history:

Funds bequeathed by Mrs H. K. Morton to the Contemporary Art Society; purchased by the Tate Gallery from the Mrs H. K. Morton bequest, 1969

Relationship:

H. K. Morton Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Patrick Caulfield uses the motif of several pots, vases and plates in order to create a bold multicoloured painting whilst also including his characteristic black outlines in what became his signature style. The pottery is depicted from different viewpoints whereby the objects at the bottom are seen as if from above; those in the centre are seen at eye level; and those towards the top are shown from below – a perspective device which emphasises the effect of a large number of stacked objects. Pottery was exhibited at the Pop Art exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London in the summer of 1969 and purchased by the Tate Gallery with Funds bequeathed by Mrs H. K. Morton to the Contemporary Art Society in the same year.

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