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Simon Lissim

Design for a Plate—Fish and Abstract Designs, ca. 1960

Description

Maker

Title

Design for a Plate—Fish and Abstract Designs

Year

ca. 1960

Medium

Pencil, watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

28.6 x 28.6 cm (11 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches) (irregular)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed on the design in black, LR:Simon Lissim ; signed in pencil, LR corner of sheet:Simon Lissim ; notation in pencil above a portion of the design, LL:back on the plate ; UL:N35.

Type

Credit

Gift of the artist

Object Number

71.103

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Works in Process

July 31, 2021 - January 23, 2022

These designs feature imagery of fish, a subject that appears time and again in Simon Lissim’s paintings and design drawings. Born in Kiev, Russia, he moved to Paris at 19 years old to embark on what would become a prolific career as an artist, designer, and illustrator. In the 1920s he began designing for Sèvres, the French porcelain manufactory.

Lissim created hundreds of designs for porcelain manufactured by Sèvres, Castleton, and Lenox over the course of his career. He likely made many more designs than were ever physically produced, but the works shown here demonstrate how he repeated patterns, enlivening them with bold colors. [see also 71.104].

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