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Evelyn Ackerman ERA Signed Mid-Century Modern Woven Floral Tapestry Wall Hanging

Name: Evelyn Ackerman ERA Signed Mid-Century Modern Woven Floral Tapestry Wall Hanging
Brand: Evelyn Ackerman
Rating: 5 (113 reviews)

About the Item

A fantastic work by famed Mid-Century Modern designer Evelyn Ackerman. Bright and intensely colorful with an elegant design. Evelyn, along with her husband Jerome, began her career in design primarily in ceramics in the early 1950s. In the late 1950s, the Ackermans put their ceramics aside to expand their art forms and run their design company ERA Studio. One of their focuses was woven art wall hangings/ tapestries and rugs that Evelyn designed as part of their ERA line. The Ackerman's works have been exhibited in various galleries and museums including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. They are also recipients of the Henry Award from the Museum of California Design (MOCAD), Los Angeles for their contributions to California design. This handwoven/hooked piece is signed by Evelyn with her traditional "E A" initials on the lower front and studio label on verso. The tapestry was hand-made in Osaka, Japan. Evelyn's tapestries and rugs are becoming quite scarce and rare, especially in this condition. Would be a wonderful addition to any collectors of the Ackerman's work or an eye-catching stand-alone work in any setting, Mid-Century Modern or otherwise. Dimensions: 18" high, 18" wide, .25" deep.

Creator:
Evelyn Ackerman (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)Depth: 0.25 in (6.35 mm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Nylon,Hand-Woven
Period:
1960-1969
Date of Manufacture:
1960s
Condition:
In very good to excellent vintage condition with no discernable flaws and light, if any, wear consistent with age and use (please see photos). Spectacular overall.
Seller Location:
Studio City, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2254323104542

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Evelyn Ackerman

When Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman met and married in Detroit in 1948, they began a seven-decade love affair and creative partnership that would have a major impact on the aesthetic of California mid-century modernism.

At the time, Jerome was a charismatic World War II veteran, Evelyn a young assistant at Luce Lipton Interior Design Studio, where he first spied her folding fabric samples and presented her with a Milky Way bar.

Working out of their studio in Los Angeles, where they moved in 1952 to be part of California’s burgeoning design scene, the two would produce handcrafted case pieces, tapestries and other decorative objects in a variety of media, including ceramics, textiles, carved wood, mosaics and enamel.

The multifaceted pair collaborated with firms and designers such as Victor Gruen; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Paul McCobb; Steve Chase; and Arthur Elrod, an incredibly influential talent whose own clients included Frank and Lucille Capra, Hoagy Carmichael, Claudette Colbert, and more.

The Ackermans’ prolific body of work is distinguished by a hand-wrought sense of warmth and texture; a mix of folk art — like figuration and colorful abstraction; depictions of flowers, animals, children and mythical figures; and a belief in the Bauhaus principles of design. These days, their oeuvre proves very much in demand, and the Ackermans, in the tradition of husband-and-wife creators like the Eameses and Les Lalanne, rank among the most influential design couples in history.

Evelyn considered her Stories from the Bible, comprised of 40 individual cloisonné squares, each depicting a different tale from the Old Testament, to be her most challenging and gratifying piece. She worked on it every day for a year and half, completing the composition — which was acquired by the Smithsonian Museum — in 1985.

Evelyn died in 2012 at age 88, while Jerome, known as Jerry, died in 2019. A testament to the renewed interest in their work, Pointed Leaf Press published Hand-in-Hand, Ceramics, Mosaics, Tapestries, and Woodcarvings by California Mid-Century Designers Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman in 2014, the first book to document the lives and careers of the couple.

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