Flowers
A hand knotted rug/tapestry after a design by Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Made in India, circa 1968.
Signed on reverse/copyright.
Height: 7ft 2in (219cm) Width: 7ft 1in (216cm)
In 1968, Charles Slatkin Galleries invited some twenty artists to supply designers for tapestries for their exhibition American Tapestries, these artists included: Robert Motherwell, Alexander Calder, Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein and of course Warhol.
These tapestries were not of the flat woven Aubusson type, but of knotted pile, which 'produced a warmer, softer and more luminous effect' (Slatkin cat.,). The images of the Pop-Art era could be transferred to any media. The Flowers as an image of that period is perhaps one of Warhol's most memorable and iconic works. Leo Castelli had a Flowers tapestry in his collection.
References: Mildred Constantine, American Tapestries, New York, Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, 1968, illst: 45.
Price : P.O.A
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