THREE ORIGINAL HAND-DRAWN RUG CARTOONS

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Lot 182 | THREE ORIGINAL HAND-DRAWN RUG CARTOONS
THREE ORIGINAL HAND-DRAWN RUG CARTOONS

SIGNED HAGOP KAPOUDJIAN, PARIS, CIRCA 1925

Translucent pigments on graph paper, one depicting a border design, the other two parts of a 'Garden' design carpet, laid down on wooden boards and pierced in the corners, the versos numbered

The largest 31 3⁄8 x 12 3⁄8in. (79.8 x 31.5cm.)





Literature

George Farrow and Leonard Harrow, Hagop Kapoudjian: the First and Greatest Master of the Kum Kapi School, London, 1993, pp.87-94, nos.51, 52c, and 55a



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