BY ZAREH PENYAMIN, ISTANBUL, CIRCA 1920

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A CARPET CARTOON FOR A KOUM KAPI RUG
BY ZAREH PENYAMIN, ISTANBUL, CIRCA 1920
Transluscent pigments heightened with gold on card, depicting a corner of a yastik mat, mounted, framed and glazed, annotated in pencil beneath the mount
Painting 5 3/8 x 4in. (13.8 x 10cm.); folio 10 7/8 x 9 1/8in. (27.6 x 23.1cm.)

Provenance

Acquired directly from the family of Zareh Penyamin
George Farrow, personal catalogue, 1998

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Lot Essay

The design of this cartoon, is a close match to lot 174, the finely woven silk and metal-thread mat, in the present sale and was acquired directly from the widow of Zareh Penyamin who was known by the Keshishian family. Drafts such as this, executed on plain paper, may have been how Zareh and his contemporaries clarified their designs before transferring them to graph paper, which would be easier for weavers to work from.

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