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After Alexander Calder Wool Tapestry "Les Vagues," 1975

Item Details

Provenance: Truist Bank Corporate Collection

Type Tapestry
Maker Alexander Calder, Pinton Frères Atelier
Technique Woven
Manufacturing Process Handmade
Materials Wool
Inscriptions and/or Labels Labels sewn to the verso lower left corner. The top label: “Set No. 29 of The Bicentennial Tapestries / limited edition designed by Alexander Calder / and woven at Aubusson, France, in celebration of / the American Revolution Bicentennial.” The lower label is signed by Calder with a monogram in ball point pen.
Date 1975
Origin France
Additional Information From the Bicentennial Tapestries series. Edition 29/200.

Condition

- staining to wool and backing board fabric; debris behind plexiglass and embedded in wool; undulations from different wool weights and tacking to board; fraying in lower right to black wool; tacking stitches held with pressure tape that is losing its adhesive; fraying to edges of backing board fabric; oxidization of old frame points has stained and deteriorated backing fabric on the verso; scratches to plexiglass; residue; scratches and dents to frame; silver foil finish flaking off in areas; finish loss and wear to corners; toning to backing board.

Dimensions

63.75" W x 45.5" H x 2.25" D

- measures frame; tapestry measures 59"W x 40.5"H.

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Item #

ITMGS93537

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