SIGNED HAGOP KAPOUDJIAN, PROBABLY FRANCE, CIRCA 1925

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FIVE EXPERIMENTAL HAND-DRAWN RUG CARTOONS
SIGNED HAGOP KAPOUDJIAN, PROBABLY FRANCE, CIRCA 1925
Translucent pigments on graph paper, variously depicting designs inspired by Seljuk, Caucasian, and Turkman carpets, four mounted on numbered wooden boards pierced in the corners, framed and glazed
The largest 22 ¾ x 16 ¼in. (57.9 x 41.3cm.)

Literature

Personal catalogue, 1995

Engraved

The signature Hagop in Armenian letters on the Turkman-style cartoon

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Lot Essay

Though Hagop undoubtedly was mainly inspired by Safavid and Mughal rugs in his designs, these cartoons show engagement with other weaving traditions. The Seljuk-style cartoons find expression in an extraordinary early 20th century Turkish silk prayer rug which was sold in these Rooms, 14 April 1976, lot 22, which is published Ian Bennett, Rugs and Carpets of the World, London, 1977, p.216, fig.214).

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