Cercle Rouge
Dimensions: 79 × 60 in (201 × 152 cm)
Material: Hand Knotted Polychrome Wool by Marie Cuttoli & Galerie Lucie Weill
Artist signature: woven on reverse
Date: c. 1928-30, manufactured c. 1960
Condition: Perfect
Detailed information
Hans Arp “Cercle Rouge” Rug
This Hans Arp’s rug design was referred to as Ace of Spades (As de Pique or Cercle Rouge) and was originally designed during the years 1928-1930 by Hans Arp for Marie Cuttoli’s Galerie Myrbor in Paris. The background contains a slate grey field with an overlapping ivory and black panel containing a red hollow circle and a slate blue abstract figure, with “Hans Arp’ embroidered on turned under end finish.
For an example with the same design, please see: Sherrill, Sally B., Carpets and Rugs of Europe and America, p. 371; Art Deco and Modernist Carpets, Dey, p. 134-135.
Detailed information
Hans Arp “Cercle Rouge” Rug
This Hans Arp’s rug design was referred to as Ace of Spades (As de Pique or Cercle Rouge) and was originally designed during the years 1928-1930 by Hans Arp for Marie Cuttoli’s Galerie Myrbor in Paris. The background contains a slate grey field with an overlapping ivory and black panel containing a red hollow circle and a slate blue abstract figure, with “Hans Arp’ embroidered on turned under end finish.
For an example with the same design, please see: Sherrill, Sally B., Carpets and Rugs of Europe and America, p. 371; Art Deco and Modernist Carpets, Dey, p. 134-135.
