Jane Kahan Gallery is an art gallery located in New York City that specializes in

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. The gallery collection is founded on

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, and

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, including ceramics and works on paper by

Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

, and tapestries by artists such as

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Alexander Calder Alexander Calder (; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his ...

Marc Chagall Marc Chagall; russian: link=no, Марк Заха́рович Шага́л ; be, Марк Захаравіч Шагал . (born Moishe Shagal; 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with se ...

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, Roberto Sebastián Matta, and

Fernand Léger Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (; February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painting, painter, sculpture, sculptor, and film director, filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism (known as "tubism") which he gradually ...

. Established by

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and collector Jane Kahan in 1973 following graduation from

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, the gallery initially operated as Kahan Esikoff Fine Arts prior to changing the name to Jane Kahan Gallery. The gallery maintains its original space on the

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and an exhibition space in

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. In addition to works by 19th and 20th century "Modern Master" artists, the gallery has been known to represent select contemporary artists including Hungarian-born French hyperrealist painter Istvan Sandorfi. The gallery is a member of the Fine Art Dealers Association (FADA),

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, and a founding member of the International Fine Print Dealers Association.

Tapestries

Representing the French tradition of

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production, the gallery deals with works designed and woven in prominent 20th century workshops established by Yvette Cauquil-Prince,

Marie Cuttoli Marie Cuttoli (née Myriam Bordes; 1879 – 1973) was a French entrepreneur, born in Tulle, and patron of modernist tapestry. Career Cuttoli's original interests were in reviving carpet production in Algeria. Around 1910, she set up a workshop i ...

Jacqueline de la Baume Dürrbach Marguerite Marie Françoise Jacqueline Renom de la Baume Dürrbach (14 May 1920 – 14 March 1990) was a French textile artist. She is best known for having co-created the tapestry of Pablo Picasso's ''Guernica'' that has hung at the United Natio ...

, and François Tabard. These master

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ists created their plans in collaboration with many modern artists such as

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, and

Victor Vasarely Victor Vasarely (; born Győző Vásárhelyi, ; 9 April 1906 – 15 March 1997) was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader of the Op art movement. His work entitled ''Zebra'', created in 1937, is consi ...

. Tapestry artists often trained in workshops of Aubusson and Gobelins origin. These French houses of manufacture achieved fame for their technically skilled textiles popular with 17th century collectors and heads of state throughout Europe. Many of these workshops produced a number of modern tapestries before closing in the late half of the 20th century, following WWII. Houses like Pinton remain in practice of centuries of manufacturing knowledge, and continue to collaborate with artists like Peter Sis in their series Art for Amnesty-Sis-Atelier Pinton. Collectors of mid-20th century tapestry worked with designers such as, Gloria Ross, who established the Gloria F. Ross Center in 1997, later becoming the Gloria F. Ross Tapestry Program at the University of Arizona. This marks an important continuation of the European tapestry tradition globally. Another example of this can be found in Pablo Picasso's tapestry reproduction of

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, commissioned by Nelson Rockefeller in 1955, and placed on long-term loan in 1985 to the

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. For a brief period in 2009, during planned renovations to the United Nations building, the tapestry was exhibited at the Whitechapel Gallery in London. In 2012 the tapestry was loaned to the

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in the U.S. State of Texas, returning to the United Nations in 2015. The Rockefeller family had the tapestry conserved in 2021-2022 and rehung in its traditional position outside the Security Council chambers. The New York Times misreported in February 2022 that the tapestry was a "canvas replica of Picasso's painting," when the tapestry is in fact hand-woven.

References

Bibliography

*Baal-Teshuva, Jacob. (2000)
Tapisserien : Hommage an die Meisterweberin Yvette Cauquil-Prince und Sammlung Jane Kahan, Tapisserien aus dem Atelier Pinton, Aubusson
KunstHaus Wien, 10. Februar – 14. Wien: KunstHaus. *de Burton, Simon. “Past Masters Secondhand but not Second Best: Picasso Ceramics.” Financial Times, March 2005. *Cauquil-Prince, Yvette, Musée du pays de Sarrebourg. (2005)
Tapisseries d’Yvette Cauquil-Prince : Musée du pays de Sarrebourg, 13 mai-3 septembre 2005
arrebourg Musée du pays de Sarrebourg. *Gale, Amy. “Fiber ‘Paintings’.” Art & Antiques, January 2004. *Gibson Stoodley, Sheila
“Dream Weavers: Picasso, Calder, Chagall, and Other Modern Artists Breathed new Life into the Medieval Craft of Tapestry.” Art & Antiques, September 2009.
*Hedlund, Ann. (2010)
Gloria F. Ross & modern tapestry
New Haven

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Yale University Press. *Lauria, Joe. “Art Market: Picasso the Ceramist.” ArtNews, April 1999. *Moonan, Wendy
“Le Corbusier Saw Tapestry as Part of Art.” The New York Times, September 28, 2001 Antiques column
*Sadeh, Deidre. “Picasso at the Wheel.” Art & Auction, May 1991. *Sandorfi, Etienne. (1997)
Istvan Sandorfi : works 1987–1997
Paris: Editions Garnier Nocera. *Sandorfi, Etienne. (2007). Sandorfi. Budapest: Makláry Artworks KFT

External links

Jane Kahan GalleryIFPDA member profileGloria F. Ross Center for Tapestry StudiesGloria F. Ross and Modern Tapestry, book blog
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