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Art Deco French Modernist Handmade Aubusson Gobelin Tapestry Jean Picart Le Doux
By Jean Picart Le Doux
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Picart Le Doux, French (1902 - 1982) "Au Rendez Vous Des Oiseaux" Larger handmade wool Aubusson tapisserie Produced by Maison M. Berthaut Aubusson Atelier, France. Signed Lower left corner woven with firm's monogram and lower right with artists full name. Bears stitched label attached en verso. Original documents included with the lot. Measures 71-1/2" x 50". Jean Picart Le Doux, born in Paris in 1902 and died in 1982, was a French painter and painter-cartonnier the revival of contemporary flat weave tapestry. He is the son of the painter Charles Picart Le Doux (1881-1959). His first tapestry dating from 1943 after winning the Grand Prix of the theater poster exhibition in the imaging. He met Jean Lurcat and, and Marc Saint-Saëns,and together they founded the Association of painters cardboard tapestry in 1947. In 1950, he comes up with the idea for ​​the Alliance Graphique Internationale, during the meeting with exhibitors of an exhibition of their work in Basel, Switzerland along with two other French designers Jean Jacques Colin and Nathan, and two Swiss graphic designers, Fritz Buhler and Donald Brown. AGI is officially founded November 22, 1952 and Picart Le Doux will be its first president. Picart Le Doux was a French artist noted for his role in the revival of contemporary hand woven Aubusson tapestry. Picart Le Doux's first tapestry cartoon was a diptych entitled The Four Seasons. Made in 1943...
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Mid-20th Century Modern More Art

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Wool

Israeli Hand Woven Colorful Wool Tapestry Weaving Menashe Kadishman Sheep Head
By Menashe Kadishman
Located in Surfside, FL
Beautiful hand woven tapestry by renowned Israeli sculptor Menashe Kadishman. Super quality, and visually stunning. It measures about 32.5 X 27.5 inches It is signed with initials. This is similar to an Aubusson style flat weave hand woven wool tapestry. This is most probably from the George Goldstein Atelier in Jerusalem. (Originally known as Nazareth Tapestries) They produced genuine handmade Gobelin tapestries in Israel). This does not bear a label. In 1964 the first French style weaving studio was inaugurated in Israel, in the new city of Nazareth Ilit. With the encouragement of master Jean Lurcat, woven upon several contemporary masters’ original sketches, such as Jean Lurcat, Hans Hartung, Adolph Gottlieb, Karel Appel, Yaacov Agam, Mordecai Ardon, Reuven Rubin, Danny Caravan, and more. Some of these tapestries encountered their moments of glory during the international exhibitions, such as in the Museum of Modern Art (NY), “Expo Montreal” (Canada), Biennale of Lausanne (Switzerland), and others. In 1967, after the Six-Day War, Nazareth’s workshop closed its doors and returned to Jerusalem where he opened a new studio with a young team made up of eighteen artisans, dedicating their work more specifically towards Israeli artists. The tapestries are woven upon the original sketches of Yohanan Simon, Naftali Bezem. They can be seen hanging on the wall of the Israeli President’s residence, the Yeshiva University of New York, the University of Haifa, New York Bank Discount, as 60-square meter tapestries for the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, and in ceremonial art. Tapestries for Parochet and Torah mantles are seen in Washington, Bet-El Springfield, Babson College, Boston, Bet-El Univ. Andover, Bet-El Highland Park and the Strasbourg Great Synagogue in France. Along with Itche Mambush in EIn Hod these were the fine, Gobelin style modern art tapestry...
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20th Century Modern Mixed Media

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"La Neige" (The Snow) Wool Knotted Tapestry
Located in Austin, TX
This unique wool knotted tapestry was created by Swiss artist Claire Wermeille. This piece is tan and beige with dark brown, orange, olive green, an...
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Pavillions and Bungalows
By Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Located in Wien, 9
- extraordinary rug, woven from sheep's wool and linen with 4 warp threads - company label verso with inscribtion, date and signature by Theo Riedl - knotted by Alejandro Garin G. & ...
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Stormwind, Large Tapestry by Charles Chamot
By Charles Chamot
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Chamot Title: Stormwind Year: 1979 Medium: Woven Wool Tapestry, signed and numbered on label, verso Edition: 5/6 Size: 72 x 84 inches
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Balcon - Wool Tapestry - circa 1960s
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Signed lower left Titled and signed verso on label Tapisserie d’Aubusson, édit par Edgar Ponthieu This item is in our New York City warehouse and can be viewed by appointment.
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