Lot 263A
SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994) FOR VORWERK, GERMANY
'COLLECTION ARTERIOR' WOOL CARPET, CIRCA 1990
Auction: 7 November 2012 at 11:00 GMT
£938
Description
high pile, with abstracted design, bears label ARTERIOR/DESIGN SAM FRANCIS/ DESSIN: 08810/30013, numbered 993/ 0376
Dimensions
200 x 300cm
Footnote
Note: In the late 1980s Vorwerk planned an ambitious carpet project involving twenty international artists. Due to a lack of demand, only a small edition was produced, and the project was soon discontinued.