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Minimalist / Op-Art Textile by Art Dutch Artist Ella Koopman in Red

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Large textile artwork by Dutch textile artist Ella Koopman (1945-) in red on canvas. This piece is part of a rare and important collection of Koopman, exploring the effect of plaiting and colors, painting directly on the natural linnen, resulting in optical intriguing pieces of fabric. Created in a very labor intensive produces of painting, repainting and folding and unfolding. This piece can be hung site specific and in different configurations. In the 1980s and 1990s Ella Koopman raises to the top of Dutch textile design. Her fabrics were used for architectural installations and fashion by leading Dutch fashion designer of the time like Frans Molenaar, Mart Visser, Jan Janssen and international designers like Jean Charles de Castelbajac & Louis Feraud. In 1996 the Kunstmuseum Den Hague dedicated an exhibition to Ella Koopman and the use of her fabrics by (inter-)national designers. Koopman made site specific installations in private and commercial setting like the cruise ships of the Holland America Line. Her work can be found in numerous museum and private collections like Textile Museum Tilburg and Haags Kunstmuseum. in 2006 the Textile Museum Tilburg acquired a piece from the same collection as the one presented here. Marked: signed backside Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist.
  • Creator:
    Ella Koopman (Artist)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 1 in (2.54 cm)Width: 35 in (88.9 cm)Depth: 250 in (635 cm)
  • Style:
    Minimalist (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1990
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    AMSTERDAM, NL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU6589231424632
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