Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder
(U.S.A. 1898-1976)
Les Palmiers
Bicentennial tapestry
Hand woven wool with signature and Pinton tapestry mark lower right
Edition Nº 20 of 200 manufactured by Pinton Freres, France
France
c 1975
Height: 103cm
Length: 150cm
Frame: 116cm x 162cm
This is one of a series of six tapestries Calder created to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the American Revolution.
The tapestries were hand woven by Pinton Freres in Aubusson, France
Literature:
Pinton Frères/Jeffrey Metzner, 'The Bicentennial Tapestries. Alexander Calder', sales catalogue 1975, illus. in colour.
'Calder’s Universe', Jean Lipman, Ruth Wolfe (ed.), Philadelphia 1989, p. 157
  
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