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Olga de Amaral
Untitled
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- $100,000 - 150,000
$139,700
Lot Details
wool and horsehair
90 x 64 x 5 in. (228.6 x 162.6 x 12.7 cm)
Executed in the 1970s, this work is registered in the artist's archives under reference number OA0109*.
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Olga de Amaral
Colombian | 1932At age 22 with a degree in architectural design, Olga de Amaral moved from Bogotá to the United States where she studied fiber art at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. She returned to Colombia in 1955, and in 1956 she and her husband, Jim Amaral, opened a workshop of hand-woven textiles. De Amaral's distinctive large-scale abstract woven pieces are often covered in gold and silver leaf, lending them a shimmering, almost sculptural quality in contrast to the feeling of a tapestry. Her richly textured pieces evoke the varied natural landscapes of Colombia as well as ancient pre-Columbian gold artifacts. The artist's architectural background is evident in the precise sculptural quality of her works, but de Amaral says her craft is driven by emotion and that she does not plan for particular patterns to emerge.
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