Important Tapestry by Carla Lavatelli, circa 1975-1977

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Important Tapestry by Carla Lavatelli, circa 1975-1977

About the Item

Carla Lavatelli, (1928-2006). "The Birth of Light," circa 1975-1977. Important tapestry manufactory Portalegre, Portugal, knotted wool tapestry. Carla Lavatelli (Rome Italy 1928-2006) was an Italian-American artist whose career spanned five decades, from the 1950s into the 21st century. Her work resides in the permanent collections of several major museums, including the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Phillips Collection in Washington DC, the Hakone Open-Air Museum in Japan, and the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. She was noted primarily for her abstract sculptures in stone and bronze, which appeared in reproduction in such publications as Arts Magazine, Art in America, and Artforum during the late 1960s and early 1970s. During the 1960s and 1970s, Lavatelli exhibited frequently in the United States. In 1968-1969, Lavatelli exhibited her sculptural works, including her fountain, “The Rainbow,” at the Palm Beach Galleries in Palm Beach, Florida. She also had a series of exhibitions of her work at the Selected Artists Gallery in New York City in 1968 and 1970. She continued to exhibit in New York over the following decade. Beginning in the mid-1970s, she began exhibiting with Gimpel Weitzenhoffer Gallery, where she showed her granite and marble pieces as well several floor sculptures. Many of the abstract works that Lavatelli produced alongside Erminio Cidonio at the Officina in Pietrasanta were exhibited in major museums early the 1970s. In 1972, for example, Lavatelli's sculptures were exhibited at the Hakone Open-Air Museum in Hakone, Japan, which subsequently acquired one of her works for its permanent collection. Two years later, six of Lavatelli's sculptures were exhibited at the Phillips Collection in Washington DC. One work, Ginko Biloba (1968) was subsequently acquired for the Phillips' permanent collection.

Creator:
Carla Lavatelli (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 82.68 in (210 cm)Width: 117.33 in (298 cm)Depth: 1.97 in (5 cm)
Style:
Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Wool
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
1970-1979
Date of Manufacture:
1975-1977
Condition:
Seller Location:
Paris, FR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU95723510762