Edmund de Waal b. 1964
Turn and Return, 2012
19 thrown porcelain vessels in white and cream glazes contained in three black lacquer boxes with lead lining
18 x 12 1/4 x 7 1/4 in
45.8 x 31 x 18.5 cm
45.8 x 31 x 18.5 cm
'I am a hard-edged minimalist: I love clean lines and simple articulations. But I also enjoy what Robert Herrick, in his poem Delight in Disorder, called 'wild civility', the tension...
'I am a hard-edged minimalist: I love clean lines and simple articulations. But I also enjoy what Robert Herrick, in his poem Delight in Disorder, called 'wild civility', the tension between an ordering and a falling away from order. Here is an untidy stack of dishes, teetering on the edge of a fall: a moment of wildness in a room of utter poise.' - Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon, Waddesdon Manor, 2012
Provenance
Private collection, LondonJoin our mailing list
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