Herta Ottolenghi Wedekind
Embroidery (1920s textile work) by Herta Ottolenghi Wedekind
1920 - 1930 c.

Name: Embroidery (1920s textile work) by Herta Ottolenghi Wedekind
Brand: Herta Ottolenghi Wedekind
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About the Item

Artist: Herta Ottolenghi Wedekind Title: Embroidery Bibliography: Herta Ottolenghi Wedekind. The dream of the total artwork, exhibition catalogue edited by G. Gomiero, E. Lago, S. Spinazzè (Rovereto, Mart, 17 December 2021 - 13 February 2022), Milan, Scalpendi, 2021, p. 101. Provenance: heirs of the artist Herta Ottolenghi Wedekind (Berlin 1885 – Acqui 1953) was an enlightened patron and one of the main protagonists of the extraordinary season of decorative arts in the 1920s and 1930s. Pupil of the German artist Hans Stoltenberg – Lerche, with whom she studied in Rome between 1910 and 1912, she debuted in the field of sculpture. Around 1920 she perfected an innovative system, for the creation of drawings for works of applied art based on the symmetrical duplication of abstract motifs obtained through random traces of ink, in a way that has points of contact with the contemporary “Rorschach spots” used in psychodiagnostics. These forms are used in the decoration of tapestries, carpets, cushions, screens, fabrics for furniture, both woven and hand-embroidered, with which the artist would triumph in major exhibitions of decorative arts of those years. On 24 January 1922, in Turin, Herta patented the process she had developed, which was essentially based on kleksographs produced on squared paper, so that they could be easily transferred onto fabrics and textiles. In the same year, he took part in his first exhibition, the German Fair of Munich (Deutsche Gewerbeschau München) with his hand-embroidered carpets, cushions and chairs. In 1923, he took part in his first Italian exhibition, the 1st International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Monza. He had his own room on the first piano nobile where he presented tapestries, blankets, carpets, screens, chairs and fabrics. He won a gold and a silver medal and two of the tapestries exhibited were bought by the City of Milan. His creativity in the field of applied arts immediately attracted the attention and praise of Guido Marangoni, president of the Monza exhibition, who reviewed his fabrics in several articles. This was followed by his appearances at all the Monza exhibitions until 1930. Over the years, several of his works entered the most important collections in the world, including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum in New York. To underline also the role played in the fashion circuit: in Monza, in 1925, she obtained the gold medal for the XXI class, dedicated to fashion and clothing accessories.

Creator:

Herta Ottolenghi Wedekind (1885 - 1953, German)

Creation Year:

1920 - 1930 c.

Dimensions:

Height: 74.02 in (188 cm)Width: 89.77 in (228 cm)

Medium:

Tapestry,Fabric,Textile

Movement & Style:

Abstract

Period:

1920-1929