Argos
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Picaud workshop.
With signed label, no. 1/4.
1971.
Loewer created his first tapestry cartoon in 1953. His early works were initially figurative, before he shifted, like Matégot, toward abstraction — exclusively geometric in Loewer’s case. He would go on to design more than 180 cartoons, most of which were woven by his friend Raymond Picaud. Around 1971–1972, Loewer’s style became more pared-down, with fewer squares and brighter, more variegated colours. As is often the case with Loewer, this woven work is unique.
Bibliography:
Claude Loewer, l’évasion calculée: travaux de 1939 à 1993, catalogue raisonné des tapisseries de 1953 à 1974, Sylvio Acatos, Charlotte Hug, Walter Tschopp and Marc-Olivier Wahler, Artcatos, 1994, no. 128.
