Burt Groedel
Wool rug for Edward Fields, USA
Furniture, lighting and rugs
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 41 038
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
America 1937-
Wool rug for Edward Fields, USA
with sculpted relief and embroidery depicting an abstracted female figure
c.1970-1980
signed in the weave 'b groedel', and 'Edward Fields' printed on the back
height: 185cm; width: 135cm
Notes
Burt Groedel is an American artist and designer best known for his whimsical and surreal designs created for Edward Fields, the luxury carpet and rug manufacturer based in the United States. He created a number of carpets for Fields, often featuring surrealist and modernist figurative imagery.
Works such as this were typically one-of-a-kind or produced in limited editions for upmarket interiors.
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