Self Portrait Goldfish Bowl (P225)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Jill Crowley
Title
Self Portrait Goldfish Bowl
Made in
London
Date
1978
Description
Earthenware bowl with a pink background, depicting a portrait of a figure with glasses and a number of goldfish.
Materials and techniques
Low-fired reduced earthenware (raku), painted with slips and glazed: pink, yellow, orange, green, red, white and black. Press-moulded.
Dimensions
height: 15.5cm
diameter: 26cm
Object number
P225
Category
Maker's statement
Self portrait inspired by a series of drawings and a painting of myself looking through a goldfish bowl; with the theme of fish looking out at people looking in.