Hand Woven New Rug Kilim - Pablo Picasso Art Inspired - Contemporary Area Rug 3′8″ × 5′

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This 2023 Oushak handmade flat weave kilim rug captures Picasso's iconic "Woman With Yellow Hair" in a bold, pictorial design … Read more This 2023 Oushak handmade flat weave kilim rug captures Picasso's iconic "Woman With Yellow Hair" in a bold, pictorial design rendered in lavender, forest green, and cream, sized at approximately 4 x 5 ft for a living room accent, entryway feature, or bedroom focal point.

This Oushak Flat Weave ships fast from Turkey with no extra import costs for U.S. buyers.

Woven in the Oushak tradition of West Anatolia — a region long celebrated for producing some of the world's most refined handmade wool rugs — this one-of-a-kind piece represents a bold departure from conventional kilim design. Inspired by Pablo Picasso's celebrated painting "Woman With Yellow Hair," the composition was adapted by our weavers into a fully handmade, natural dye flat weave using wool warp and wool weft. Produced over approximately twenty days by a single artisan, this vintage-spirited contemporary kilim is genuinely one-of-a-kind: only one piece was made. The figural imagery, rendered in lavender, forest green, black, and yellow against an ivory ground, demonstrates the extraordinary versatility of the Anatolian flat weave tradition — equally capable of classical geometric precision and bold pictorial expression. Natural dyes give the palette a depth and warmth that synthetic alternatives cannot replicate.

This handmade area rug works beautifully as a statement floor piece or wall hanging in interiors that favor artistic confidence. Its bold pictorial composition and curated natural dye palette align naturally with Bohemian, Mid-Century Modern, and Eclectic Contemporary settings — spaces where art and function share the same floor. The cream ground keeps the composition light and versatile, while the forest green and lavender tones anchor it to organic, warm-toned rooms. At 4 x 5 ft, it is ideally scaled for a bedroom seating area, a small living room accent zone, or mounted as a textile artwork on a feature wall.

■ Rug Details:
- Size: 3'8" x 5'0" (44 x 60 inches)
- Materials: Wool on Wool
- Technique: Flat Weave
- Dyeing: Natural Dyes
- Origin: Oushak – West Anatolia
- Age: Made in 2023s
- Thickness: 0.1 in
- Condition: New. Professionally washed/cleaned, odorless; gentle outline irregularities typical of true handmade weaving—please review photos carefully
- Weight: 5 lbs (2.3 kg)
- Placement: Living room, dining room, bedroom Care: Vacuum low suction; professional cleaning recommended.

■ Color Palette: The cream-ground composition of this Oushak kilim gives the pictorial figure room to breathe, making this area rug as visually commanding in a quiet bedroom as in a gallery-style living room.
• Main Color: Cream / Ivory
• Accent Colors: Lavender / Mauve, Forest Green, Black / Dark Charcoal, and multicolor accents

■ Motifs & Symbolism: The central motif of this flat weave is a direct adaptation of Pablo Picasso's 1931 painting "Woman With Yellow Hair," depicting a reclining female figure in his signature Cubist-Expressionist style. The face is rendered with the characteristic Picassian doubling — a profile and frontal view merged into a single form — conveying dreamlike interiority and psychological depth. The figure's lavender-mauve tones, a deliberate departure from naturalistic flesh tones, evoke surrealist sensibility and emotional abstraction. The bold black outlines, a defining feature of Picasso's pictorial vocabulary, are faithfully reproduced in wool, demonstrating the weaver's exceptional skill in translating painted line into textile structure. The striped green and red background references the armchair in the original composition, grounding the figure in a domestic interior scene while adding rhythmic visual energy. In Anatolian weaving tradition, the act of rendering figural art in flat weave is itself rare and historically significant — this piece bridges two artistic worlds with remarkable confidence.

■ Color Disclaimer & Photography: All images shown are real photographs of the actual rug you will receive, captured by us indoors under natural daylight conditions on a clean, hygienic floor in our physical showroom using a professional camera. We've done our very best to present the most accurate visuals possible. (Some interior or exterior lifestyle images you may see are AI-generated for styling purposes.) Please note that colors may vary from screen to screen, and therefore the tones you see on your device might appear slightly different from the rug's true colors.

■ International Shipping: We ship all of our rugs via expedited, trackable carriers and take great care to package each item securely and carefully. Most shipments arrive in the buyer's country within just a few days. However, please understand that customs clearance and courier delays are beyond our control, and we kindly ask for your patience should such situations occur.

■ Customs Notice: U.S. Buyers – Relax and Shop with Confidence: All customs duties and import taxes for U.S. shipments are fully covered by us.

■ What is a Turkish Kilim/Rug?: A Turkish rug is a piece of living history, woven by artisans using techniques passed down through generations. These rugs are typically made with high-quality wool and natural dyes, resulting in a durable piece of art that gains character with age. Unlike machine-made alternatives, each Turkish rug is unique, featuring slight variations in color and weave that tell the story of the weaver and their region.

■ About This Work (from guggenheim.org)
Woman with Yellow Hair, 1931
Picasso met Marie-Thérèse Walter, the subject of this portrait, in 1927 when she was 17 years old. They began an intense love affair, but concealed it from the public for many years as she was a teenager and the artist was married. However, Picasso documented their early years together, albeit cryptically, by including the monograms “MT” and “MTP” in his still lifes and portraits of the time. By 1931, Marie-Thérèse’s voluptuous body and blond hair were explicitly referenced in works such as Woman with Yellow Hair. Marie-Thérèse became a muse and constant subject for Picasso. He portrayed her reading, gazing into a mirror, and sleeping, the most intimate of depictions. A single, curved line delineating Marie-Thérèse’s profile became an emblem and appears in numerous sculptures, prints, and paintings. Less a portrait than an homage to his young mistress, Woman with Yellow Hair is rendered in a sweeping, graceful, curvilinear style that is a radical departure from his earlier portrayals of women. The photographer Brassaï visited Picasso’s studio in 1933 and commented on the classical and undulating character of the majority of works he found there: “He opened the door to one of those immense naves, and we could see, radiant in white, a city of sculptures…I was astonished by the roundness of all these forms. A new woman had entered Picasso’s life: Marie-Thérèse Walter.”1

Although painted nearly 20 years after the artist’s initial experimentation with Cubism, Picasso’s simplification of Marie-Thérèse’s voluptuous figure into primary shapes can be traced back to that painterly technique. The undulating lines, rounded organic shapes, and saturated hues attest to the artist’s appreciation of contemporary developments in painting such as Surrealism. As an honorary member of the Surrealists, Picasso was influenced by their investigation into dreams as a portal to the subconscious, and the bright, playful colors he has chosen for this portrait may represent dream imagery. See less