Sculptural form
Classification(s):
Pottery
Date: c.1951 - 1976
Maker: Beate Kuhn (German, born 1927)
Dimensions:
395 × 130 mm (39.5 × 13 cm)
Medium: Ceramic
Object number: P1258A
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DescriptionGlazed ceramic sculptural form by Beate Kuhn. The tower like sculpture is built from stacked geometric shapes, it has a near black glaze. Retailed for £32.
Label to base reads “P1258A £32 Beate Kuhn”.
The sculpture has two chips to discs at top.
Label to base reads “P1258A £32 Beate Kuhn”.
The sculpture has two chips to discs at top.
ProvenanceThis object was originally acquired for the Inner London Education Authority’s (ILEA) ‘Circulating Design Scheme’ collection.
The collection was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The collection’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’.
The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, later renamed the ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.
The Circulating Design Scheme lent boxed showcases to London schools. The showcases contained handling objects, material samples and interpretation on a specific subject.
COID withdrew its involvement in the Scheme in 1957. After which time, it was managed exclusively by the London County Council from 1957-1963.
After the administrative restructuring of London authorities, the Scheme was jointly managed by the Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1963 – 1976.
The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation. ILEA was abolished in the late 1980s and the collection was donated to Camberwell College of Arts in 1989/90.
ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.
The collection was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The collection’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’.
The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, later renamed the ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.
The Circulating Design Scheme lent boxed showcases to London schools. The showcases contained handling objects, material samples and interpretation on a specific subject.
COID withdrew its involvement in the Scheme in 1957. After which time, it was managed exclusively by the London County Council from 1957-1963.
After the administrative restructuring of London authorities, the Scheme was jointly managed by the Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1963 – 1976.
The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation. ILEA was abolished in the late 1980s and the collection was donated to Camberwell College of Arts in 1989/90.
ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.
NotesBeate Kuhn shared a pottery studio with fellow German potter Karl Scheid, and worked as an assistant for Rosenthal porcelain factory’s studio line. Kuhn exhibited at Henry Rothschild’s Primavera Gallery in 1968, as part of the ‘German Potters’ group exhibition. Kuhn is known for her organic, structural forms.
