Magdalena ABAKANOWICZ (1930-2017)

Magdalena ABAKANOWICZ (1930-2017) "Red", Tapestry, Signed, titled, annotated and dated on the back on the bolduc "Abakanowicz, "RED", 1981". 107 x 140 cm Provenance: Galerie Alice Pauli. Collection of Mrs Michèle H. Gerber, Sierre Note: Abakanowicz (1930-2017), ) is a major artist of 20th-century textile art and sculpture. Present at the Biennale internationale de la tapisserie de Lausanne from 1962, she marked the 1960s and 1970s with original works, using organic fibers to create weavings, relief tapestries, soft sculptures, moldings, knottings and drawings. His work, inspired by nature and humanity, gained international recognition in the 1980s with monumental installations in plant fibers, bronze, stone and steel. Lausanne has played a key role in his career, thanks to the Biennales de la tapisserie, exhibitions organized by Pierre and Alice Pauli, and the support of collectors in French-speaking Switzerland.