ID 1178443
Lot 181 | FOUR ORIGINAL HAND-DRAWN RUG CARTOONS
Estimate value
£ 350 – 550
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
Inscribed
The name 'Hagop' and initials 'H.K.' appear in Armenian and Roman script on three of the cartoons
| Place of origin: | Asia, Turkey |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Turkey |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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