After Pablo Picasso

Nelson Rockefeller, New York (commissioned in 1963)
Nellie von Doesburg
The Amalgamated Bank of Chicago (acquired in 1972 and sold: Christie's, New York, May 10, 2007, lot 369)
Acquired at the above sale

There is some minor surface dirt throughout. No tears; furthermore, no fibers or loose strands. Overall the work is in excellent condition.
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Commissioned by Nelson A. Rockefeller in 1963, the present work was the only one ultimately executed by the Atelier of J. de La Baume-Dürrbach in her workshop in Cavalaire out of an edition of three. Mme Dürrbach completed the work in 1967, and it is one of a number of tapestries made of Aubusson wool, which Rockefeller asked Picasso to re-design out of his most iconic images. Amongst others, the collector further asked to have Les desmoiselles d'Avignon in tapestry form, and a version of the Guernica has hung at the headquarters of the United Nations Security Council since 1985. Other examples are present in the underground galleries of Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate in Tarrytown, New York.

This particular interpretation of Manet's scandalous Le déjeuner sur l'herbe, which Picasso first saw in 1900 at the Parisian Exposition Universelle, is a monumental take on one of the most defining works
of the 20^th Century.   Its grand scale and intricate design point to the amalgamation of two diverse art forms, and to tapestry as a textile art of ancestral history.