FOUR ORIGINAL HAND-DRAWN RUG CARTOONS

Lot 181
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 181 | FOUR ORIGINAL HAND-DRAWN RUG CARTOONS
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£ 350 – 550
FOUR ORIGINAL HAND-DRAWN RUG CARTOONS

SIGNED HAGOP KAPOUDJIAN, PARIS, CIRCA 1925

Translucent pigments on graph paper, comprising two parts of a floral meander border, a field section with split palmettes, and a border fragment with cartouches, laid down on wooden boards and pierced in the corners, the versos numbered, one pasted to black cardboard, framed and glazed

The largest 23 7⁄8 x 10 5⁄8in. (60.5 x 27.1cm.)





Literature

George Farrow and Leonard Harrow, Hagop Kapoudjian: the First and Greatest Master of the Kum Kapi School, London, 1993, p.86, no.50 and p.90, no.52a, b, and d



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The name 'Hagop' and initials 'H.K.' appear in Armenian and Roman script on three of the cartoons
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