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A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART & DESIGN, PALM BEACH
STUART DAVIS (1892-1964)
'Flying Carpet', designed 1942
Details
STUART DAVIS (1892-1964)
'Flying Carpet', designed 1942
manufactured by V'Soske, Grand Rapids, Michigan
tufted wool with cut-loop pile of wool yarn on jute canvas
81 1⁄2 x 120 in. (207 x 304.8 cm)
'Flying Carpet', designed 1942
manufactured by V'Soske, Grand Rapids, Michigan
tufted wool with cut-loop pile of wool yarn on jute canvas
81 1⁄2 x 120 in. (207 x 304.8 cm)
Provenance
Mary and Earle Ludgin, Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1981, gifted by the above
Sotheby's New York, 15 December 2012, lot 57 (sold to benefit the museum's acquisition fund)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1981, gifted by the above
Sotheby's New York, 15 December 2012, lot 57 (sold to benefit the museum's acquisition fund)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
S. B. Sherrill, Carpets and Rugs of Europe and America, New York, 1996, p. 383, pl. 409
S. Day, Art Deco and Modernist Carpets, London, 2002, cat. no. 250
S. Day, Art Deco and Modernist Carpets, London, 2002, cat. no. 250
Exhibited
Chicago, Illinois, Museum of Contemporary Art, Permanent Collection: The Mary and Earle Ludgin Collection, January - February 1983, n.p., no. 21 (present lot illustrated)
Brought to you by
Daphné Riou
SVP, Senior Specialist, Head of Americas