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If Not, Not (unique study for British Library Tapestry)
If Not, Not (unique study for British Library Tapestry)
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If Not, Not (final version hanging in the British Library)
If Not, Not (final version hanging in the British Library)
R.B. Kitaj 1932-2007
If Not, Not (study for British Library Tapestry), 1992
Hand Woven Tapestry
98 x 98 cms
38 9/16 x 38 9/16 ins
38 9/16 x 38 9/16 ins
13663
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This tapestry is a unique test section for the famous tapestry by R.B. Kitaj in the atrium of the world-renowned British Library in Kings Cross. At 7m square, when completed...
This tapestry is a unique test section for the famous tapestry by R.B. Kitaj in the atrium of the world-renowned British Library in Kings Cross.
At 7m square, when completed the tapestry was the largest hand-woven tapestry in the world and was made by the celebrated Master Weavers of the Dovecot Tapestry Studio.
The tapestry was commissioned from Kitaj, one of the major figures in British painting since the 1960s, by the great architect and art collector, Sir Colin Wilson, who was the architect of the British Library. It shows a landscape that is taken from Kitaj’s most famous painting, If Not, Not, which is in the collection of The National Galleries of Scotland.
In preparation for the huge final tapestry Dovecot Studios made a unique one metre version that shows a section of the painting. This was approved by Kitaj and retained by Colin St John Wilson. It was sold by his Estate.
At 7m square, when completed the tapestry was the largest hand-woven tapestry in the world and was made by the celebrated Master Weavers of the Dovecot Tapestry Studio.
The tapestry was commissioned from Kitaj, one of the major figures in British painting since the 1960s, by the great architect and art collector, Sir Colin Wilson, who was the architect of the British Library. It shows a landscape that is taken from Kitaj’s most famous painting, If Not, Not, which is in the collection of The National Galleries of Scotland.
In preparation for the huge final tapestry Dovecot Studios made a unique one metre version that shows a section of the painting. This was approved by Kitaj and retained by Colin St John Wilson. It was sold by his Estate.
Provenance
Colin St John WilsonThe Estate of MJ Long