White Diagonal

Mary Martin (1907 - 1969)

Stainless steel, formica and wood construction

1963

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Mary Martin was born in Folkestone, Kent and studied at Goldsmiths School of Art (1925–29) and the Royal College of Art (1929–32) where she met Kenneth Martin, whom she married in 1930. Both were part of a group of abstract artists who worked with Victor Pasmore in 1951. They co-designed a section dedicated to abstract art in the This Is Tomorrow exhibition, (Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1956). Mary Martin participated in major exhibitions of international abstract art in the 1960s. She believed that art had a social role to improve life and from 1956 until her death, worked on several public commissions including projects for the University of Sterling (1969) and the P&O ship, SS Oriana. A major retrospective of Kenneth and Mary Martin’s work was held at the Camden Arts Centre in 2007.
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    Materials & Techniques
    formica, stainless steel, wood, construction
  • Details
    Artist
    Mary Martin (1907 - 1969)
    Title
    White Diagonal
    Date
    1963
    Medium
    Stainless steel, formica and wood construction
    Dimensions
    height: 85.00 cm, width: 85.00 cm, depth: 10.40 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Annely Juda Fine Art, July 2009
    Inscription
    verso: Mary Martin '63
    Provenance
    Artist; artist's estate; Annely Juda Fine Art (purchase)
    GAC number
    18270