🔥 Fine Vintage Italian Modern Henri MATISSE Abstract Art Tapestry Rug, 1980s

Description: This is a vibrant and Fine Vintage Italian Modern Henri MATISSE Abstract Art Tapestry Rug, comprised of 100% wool, depicting an abstract and ethereal design which borrows from Matisse's famed cut-outs series, which comprised of 120 works that he created between 1936 and 1954. Abstracted plants, stars, diamonds and hearts highlight this rug, which is colored in vivid and rich cerulean hues. This dynamic rug was produced by DELLAROBBIA of Irvine, California an Italian and European design company, as part of their very limited Studio DR Collection. A label on the verso reads: "DELLAROBBIA. Irvine, California. STUDIO DR COLLECTION. Design: Venturi. Colorway: Master. Size: 170 x 240 CM. Yarn Content: 100% Wool." This piece likely dates to the early - mid 1980's. Approximately 66 1/2 x 93 1/2 inches. Very good condition for decades of age, storage, and domestic use, with some speckles of light soiling, scuffing, and a wide wrinkle mark that would benefit from being steamed out. Additionally, a thin strip of cotton affixed to the bottom of the rug, along all of the edges, has come loose due to the aging adhesive that glued it. This can be tucked in along the edges to make it completely unnoticeable and would be very easy to fix with a little bit of glue. The bottom of the rug has age-related mild yellowing and spots of minor soiling (Please see photos carefully.) This rug is exceedingly scarce, and I can find no other similar examples to this piece offered for sale anywhere. I believe it was made in very limited quantities as an expensive custom order. This fantastic and decorative art rug is Priced to Sell. Due to the large size and heavy weight of this piece, S&H costs will be unavoidably high. However, Free Local Pickup from Los Angeles County, California is also an option. Acquired from an affluent estate collection in Los Angeles, California. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! About this Item: DELLAROBBIABeauty from within...Discover the intricacies of America's foremost contemporary furniture manufacturer. For over 32 years, DELLAROBBIA continues to be the ultimate source for creating the quintessential contemporary environment. DELLAROBBIA's critical eye for European craftsmanship and recognition of timeless modern designs, sustain our reputation of unflagging determination to build the best product inside out, here in the States.DELLAROBBIA's commitment to enduring quality, customer satisfaction, shows in our final products. From unequaled frame strength , to white goose down filling, surging of all seams, unsurpassed tailoring and hidden zippers, this commitment to quality reveals itself as the years go by. By combining the latest in technology, materials, tailoring and maintaining a hand-crafted quality we achieve the timeless contemporary classic.Our passion for details and purity of style reward everyday, as you use your DELLAROBBIA furniture or simply walk by. About Henri Matisse: Henri Matisse Born: 1869 - Nice, FranceDied: 1954 - Vence, FranceKnown for: Fauve modernist painting; sculpture Henri Matisse came from a family who were of Flemish origin and lived near the Belgian border. At eight o'clock on the evening of December 31, 1869, he was born in his grandparents' home in the town of Le Cateau in the cheerless far north of France. His father was a self-made seed merchant who was a mixture of determination and tightly coiled tension.Henri had no clear idea of what he wanted to do with his life. He was a twenty-year-old law clerk convalescing from appendicitis when he first began to paint, using a box of colors given to him by his mother. Little more than a year later, in 1890, he had abandoned law and was studying art in Paris. The classes consisted of drawing from plaster casts and nude models and of copying paintings in the Louvre. He soon rebelled against the school's conservative atmosphere; he replaced the dark tones of his earliest works with brighter colors that reflected his awareness of Impressionism. Matisse was also a violinist; he took an odd pride in the notion that if his painting eye failed, he could support his family by fiddling on the streets of Paris.Henri found a girlfriend while studying art, and he fathered a daughter, Marguerite, by her in 1894. In 1898 he married another woman, Amelie Parayre. She adopted the beloved Marguerite; they eventually had two sons, Jean, a sculptor and Pierre who became an eminent art dealer. Relations between Matisse and his wife were often strained. He often dallied with other women, and they finally separated in 1939 over a model who had been hired as a companion for Mme. Matisse. She was Madame Lydia, and after Mme. Matisse left, she remained with Matisse until he died.Matisse spent the summer of 1905 working with Andre Derain in the small Mediterranean seaport of Collioure. They began using bright and dissonant colors. When they and their colleagues exhibited together, they caused a sensation. The critics and the public considered their paintings to be so crude and so roughly crafted that the group became known as Les Fauves (the wild beasts).By 1907, Matisse moved on from the concerns of Fauvism and turned his attention to studies of the human figure. He had begun to sculpt a few years earlier. In 1910, when he saw an exhibition of Islamic art, he was fascinated with the multiple patterned areas and adapted the decorative universe of the miniatures to his interiors. As a continuation of his interest in the "exotic", Matisse made extended trips to Morocco in 1912 and 1913.At the end of 1917, Matisse moved to Nice; he would spend part of each year there for the remainder of his life. A meticulous dandy, he wore a light tweed jacket amd a tie when he painted. He never used a palette, but instead squeezed his colors on to plain white kitchen dishes and used them just as they came out of the tube.During the early 1930s Matisse was engaged in designing murals for the Barnes Foundation near Philadelphia. He was also commissioned to illustrate a number of books, for which he made etchings.Although he suffered a serious illness and underwent surgery for intestinal cancer early in 1941, he was able to continue. His recovery left him unable to paint comfortably at an easel. Instead of relaxing as might have been expected, he grew younger as he grew older. He turned to colored paper and a pair of scissors, raising color to an emotional level and simplifying forms to a childish simplicity. While he worked he saw almost no one except the handsome Russian Livia Delectorskaya, who was his chief model, housekeeper, secretary and protector.Written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California.Sources:Master Paintings from the Phillips CollectionFrom the internet, Electric Library and artchive.comMetropolitan Museum of Art Miniatures: Matisse"Earthly Paradise" by Mark Stevens in Newsweek Magazine, September 19, 1977; Time magazine, April 5, 1948 and July 13, 1970"The Most Beautiful Show in the World" by Peter Plagens in Newsweek Magazine, September 28, 1992"Final Flowering of Henri Matisse" by John Russell in Smithsonian MagazineM.Therese Southgate, MD in the Journal of the American Medical Association

Price: 2750 USD

Location: Orange, California

End Time: 2025-01-17T04:29:00.000Z

Shipping Cost: 100 USD