inspiration Over the centuries artists have drawn inspiration from many sources, from nature and natural materials, from the creations of earlier civilisations and other cultures. In this, my first solo catalogue, I have brought together a collection intended to celebrate such paths of inspiration. Diverse in geography, in media and in age, the works are united by a common timeless appeal and, through their diversity, dialogues are created and, I hope, curiosity piqued.
Claire Brown
1. Four Egyptian Predynastic alabaster vessels
c. 3000 BC
Heights: 5.5 to 16.6 cm
2. Egyptian Early Dynastic alabaster bowl
c. 2800–2650 BC
Height: 14 cm
3. Michael Canney (1923–1999)
Rotation I, 1981
Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm
4. Four Roman glass vessels
Late 1st to 3rd century AD
Heights: 15.6 to 24.3 cm
‘Art is not what you see, but what you make others see’ EDGAR DEGAS
5. Paul Philp (b. 1941)
6. Peter Hayes (b.1946)
7. Ashraf Hanna (b. 1972)
Stoneware lugged vessel
Tall bow form, 2001
Undulating bowl form, c. 2011
Height: 38 cm
Height: 59.6 cm
Height: 23 cm; Width: 37 cm; Depth: 28 cm
8. Three Bactrian stone forms
3rd millennium BC
Heights: 12.5 to 34 cm
9. Three Bactrian red veined stone forms
3rd millennium BC
Heights: 12.3 to 28 cm
10. North African prehistoric stone grinding basin and pestle
8th - 7th millennium BC
Dimensions: 62 x 40.5 cm
11. Collection of Scandinavian Neolithic
flint and stone tools
3rd – 2nd millennium BC
Lengths: 9.6 to 16.3 cm
12. Freeform Lapis Lazuli specimen
From the Sar I Song mine, Afghanistan
Height: 51 cm
13. Two Western Anatolian marble idols
c. 2700–2100 BC
Heights: 12 and 13.3 cm
14. Greek marble schematic idol
Early Cycladic, c. 2700 BC
Height: 13.8 cm
‘It was all of a controlled simplicity which is the best sort of magnificence’ LAWRENCE DURRELL, THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET
15. Two Cycladic marble leg fragments
c. 2500–2400 BC
Heights: 8.5 and 14.3 cm
16. South Arabian limestone pillar stele
c. 4th – 1st century BC
Height: 33 cm
17. Egyptian Late Period gabbro bust
27th Dynasty, 524–504 BC
Height: 10 cm
18. Greek terracotta male head
c. 5th – 4th century BC
Height: 7.6 cm
19. Western Nepalese carved wood ancestor figure
Early 20th century
Dimensions: 55 x 57 cm
20. Two Zulu carved wood headrests
Early 20th century
Lengths: 25 and 39.5 cm
21. Ethiopian carved wood game board
20th century
Length: 120 cm
22. Dogon carved wood door
Early 20th century
Dimensions: 132 x 63 cm
23. Nigerian iron torch currency
19th century
Height: 64 cm
24. Four miniature Dogon wood ladders
20th century
Heights: 25 to 33 cm
25. Provincial fruitwood stool
19th century
Height: 50.5cm; Width: 37.5 cm
Depth: 26.5 cm
26. Charlotte Annand (b.1962)
Annunciation
Framed dimensions: 42 x 32 cm
27. Three Congolese iron bells
20th century
Heights: 36.5 to 51 cm
28. Four African forged iron staffs and figures
20th century
Heights: 22.8 to 103 cm
29. Yoruba bronze torc
Early 20th century
Width: 22.5 cm
30. Three Luristan bronze spearheads
31. Greek bronze arm spiral
c. 1st millennium BC
c. 8th-7th century BC
Heights: 10 to 18 cm
Length: 15.5 cm
32. Four Colombian silver disc ornaments
33. Three Central or South American copper alloy tupu
20th century
20th century
Heights: 10.7 to 17.3 cm
Heights: 35.1 to 42.7 cm
34. Malcolm Whittaker (b. 1937), Book 11 (Willmington), 1993. Dimensions of book: 18.5 x 13.5 cm
‘My aim is fulfilled if I can stir the mind to a creative way of thinking’ MALCOLM WHITTAKER
35. Malcolm Whittaker (b.1937)
Scour, 1999
Framed dimensions: 121 x 93 cm
acknowledgements photography : Richard Valencia richard@rv-photography.com
design : Chris Hall chris@artsgeneration.com
wood : Saunders Seasonings bruce@saundersseasonings.co.uk Flamed Beech from Wimbledon, London Plane from Euston, Acacia from Godalming and Spalted Sycamore from Basildon
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