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8th October 2024

Tirzah Ravilious, as she signed herself here, was fascinated by miniature houses, buildings and shops, and in the 1940s she  created a number of three-dimensional models using a mix of print, collage, wood and pyruma in shallow box frames. This is Daren, Baker's Shop 1945-1946 (private collection) in which she has carefully recreated different loaves; 'Daren Bread' was a popular brand of brown bread and a household name in the early C20. The piece will be in the Dulwich exhibition

 

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