About This Artwork
Hanging Entitled "Composition Gris, Noir, Rouge" (Composition Gray, Black, Red)1958
Cotton and wool, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
130.6 x 153 cm (51 3/8 x 60 1/4 in.)
Inscription (label on reverse): COMPOSITION GRIS NOIR ROUGE H: 1m54 L: 1m33 = 2mq04 Carton de JEAN ARP Édité par TABARD FRÈRES & SOEURS AUBUSSON No. 609
Gift of Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson, 1958.527
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Masterpieces of Western Textiles," January 25–March 2, 1969
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "On or Off the Wall: An International Selection of Tapestries and Carpets, 1920s–1970s," May 14, 2003–February 8, 2004
Publication History
Christa Charlotte Mayer. Masterpieces of Western Textiles from The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969), p. 34, pl. 18.
Else Regensteiner. Geometric Design in Weaving (West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1986), p. 76.