''The World Trade Center Tapestry'' was a large

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by Joan Miró and Josep Royo. It was displayed in the lobby of

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(the South Tower) in

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from 1974 until it was destroyed in 2001 by the

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. Saul Wenegrat, former director of the art program for the

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, had suggested to Miró that he could make a tapestry for the World Trade Center, but the artist declined as he would only make the work with his own hands but had no experience of making a tapestry. However, after his daughter recovered from an accident in Spain, Miró agreed to make a tapestry for the hospital that had treated her as a token of his gratitude. Having learned the technique from tapestry maker Josep Royo, Miró made several other tapestries with Royo, including one for the World Trade Center, ''Woman'' for the National Gallery of Art in

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, and one for the

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. The work was an abstract design, with bright blocks of colour, red, green, blue and yellow, with black elements and a light brown background. Made of wool and hemp, it measured and weighed 4 tons. It was completed in 1973, and displayed at a retrospective at the Grand Palais in Paris before being installed in New York City in 1974.

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''World Trade Center Tapestry'', Joan Miró

National Gallery of Art
''Tapestry of the Foundation'', Joan Miró, 1979
Fundació Joan Miró

Proceedings of an IFAR Symposium on February 28, 2002 {{DEFAULTSORT:World Trade Center Tapestry Joan Miró Modern tapestries Lost works of art 1973 works September 11 attacks Artwork in the World Trade Center

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