Anna Sledziewska

Circle, Mid-Century Modern Woven Tapestry, Abstract Textile Wall Sculpture

1973

Margaret VIII, flax, sisal and wool, 57" x 39", 1977. This Mid-Century Modern abstract woven tapestry was done by Postwar and Contemporary Polish textile...

Sainte-Adéle (1969) by Polish fiber artist, Zofia Butrymowicz (1904-1987), is a hand woven mid-century modern tapestry. This piece demonstrates impre...

Stony Signs, wool, sisal, copper, 35" x 90", 1978. This Mid-Century Modern abstract woven tapestry was done by Postwar and Contemporary Polish textile...

Zofia Butrymowicz (1904-1987, Warsaw, Poland) was one in a select group of Polish textile artists who were first introduced in Chicago, USA in the 1970s by legendary dealers Anne and Jacques Baruch. Butrymowicz's body of work continues to influence the fiber art world to this day. "New experiments in art have always been of interest to me" Butrymowicz once observed, "whether I agree with them or not, and therefore I never pass by and I am never indignant at any expression in art. I strongly believe that in the wide range of experiments there will also be some elements of the development of culture." During the post-war period, when the countries of Eastern Europe were locked down behind the Iron Curtain, weavers there found materials in short supply. As a result, many of these artists turned to unconventional materials such as metal, paper and reeds. Zofia Butrymowicz, of Poland, recognized for innovative works in 60s and 70s, used heavy, irregular wools, barely spun at all. In 1969, she visited Canadian weaver, Mariette Rousseau-Vermette and her husband, painter and ceramicist, Claude Vermette, outside Montreal where the couple lived and worked. Zofia and Mariette had both been participants in International Tapestry Biennials in Lausane, Switzerland in the 60s and in Wall Hangings at the MoMA in New York in 1969. Butrymowicz stayed with the Vermettes for several months, using Mariette’s looms to create tapestries that were displayed with Claude’s ceramics at a local gallery. Butrymowicz used wool from Mariette’s source. Mariette was particular about the color and intensity of her wool — she worked with technicians to perfect the spinning and dyeing so that the wool had a silky luster and dyed “more beautifully” than mechanically spun wool. The wool was a marked departure from the material Butrymowicz had access to in Poland. She “painted” her weavings with colors and shadings of yarns, including only a shimmering suggestion of a shape, often a circle, as she had done in the past, but the glisten and sumptuousness of the yarn in these works set them apart from her previous weavings. Selected exhibitions: Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois; National Museum, Poznan, Poland; National Museum, Warsaw, Poland; Skopje Museum of Contemporary Art, Poland; Exempla, Munich, Germany; Museum of Modern Art, Pasadena, California; Pierre Pauli...

"Indigo" damask, indigo-dyed cotton, 34 1/2” x 34 1/2” x 3 1/8", c. 1984-88 This Modern woven and dyed tapestry was done by American textile artist, Ethel Stein...

Pair, sisal, wool, stilon, 125" x 77", 1989. This large figurative, abstract tapestry was done by textile artist, Lilla Kulka (b. 1946, Krakow, Poland). Artist Statement: "I creat...

Original, one-of-a-kind wall hanging sculpture Upcycled fabric, organic kapok fiber, thread, wood 100% Vegan and Cruelty-Free Artwork is signed by the artist This sustainable wall s...

Wall hanging sculpture made in Vermont Natural bamboo felt and yarn, wood, adhesive 100% Vegan and Cruelty-Free Artwork is signed by the artist --- Interested in commissioning a pers...

This one-of-a-kind artwork was sustainably made with cotton, recycled polyester filling, wood, and thread. It is a 100% vegan and cruelty-free wall hanging sculpture to ensure it has...

Original, one of a kind wall hanging sculpture made in New York Wood, recycled nylon, polyfill, adhesive 100% Vegan and Cruelty-Free Artwork is signed by the artist --- Interested in...

Original, textile wall hanging sculpture Upcycled fabric, organic kapok fiber, thread, wood, paint 100% Vegan and Cruelty-Free Artwork is signed by the artist FREE shipping for U...

Original, one-of-a-kind wall hanging sculpture Upcycled fabric, recycled polyester filling, thread, wood 100% Vegan and Cruelty-Free Artwork is signed by the artist