Robert Freimark "Harlequin" 1974 Original by Art Protis - Tapestry - Supellex

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Incredible Mid Century Art Protis Robert Freimark Wool Wall Tapestry
Robert Freimark (1922 - 2010). Abstract Expressionist Painter, Teacher.

This … more Incredible Mid Century Art Protis Robert Freimark Wool Wall Tapestry
Robert Freimark (1922 - 2010). Abstract Expressionist Painter, Teacher.

This tapestry is absolutely incredible.
Relevant content and superbly crafted.
As a textile designer I am floored at the process it took to create this piece of ageless art.

ART PROTIS was a new technology born in the late 1950's at the Wool Research Institute in Czechoslovakia, that went on to influence textile art and fashion for decades.
Protis, made partly of woolen, fairly sparse and loose fabric, and partly of loose fill-fleece was joined using stitching equipment similar to a knitting machine, where these two layers were knitted together.
The result is a magnificent tapestry that blurs the lines of comprehension - no stitches, all woven and incredibly elaborate with depth and meaning.

Excellent Condition.
Original laced hanging ribbons, backed with it's original pure lining with all signature tags untouched.
Has been stored and wrapped to preserve it's condition.











ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
Rockefeller Center (sponsor: Prang Crayon Co.), 1954
Des Moines Art Center, 1959
Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1960
North American Cultural Institute, Mexico City, 1963
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA, 1965
Exhibition "Fifty States" toured Europe: Moravske Museum, Brno, Czechoslovakia; International People's College, Helsinger, Denmark; Galerie Alliance, Copenhagen; vaerksted fur Grafisk Kunst, Hjorring, Denmark; Newton Abbot School of Art, Ikon Gallery, Dartington Hall in Totnes, Centre for American Studies at Exeter University Ball in England, Schiller College, Bonnigheim, Germany.
"Fifty States", official U.S. Bicentennial offering, in Amerika Hausen, Germany.
Visitor's Center, Yosemite National Park, 1985
Joslyn Center for Arts, Torrance, CA, 1987
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, 1990
Stara Radnice, Brno and Strahov Kloster, National Palace, Prague, 1990
Galerie Katinae (Studio of Corot), St. Ceneri le Gerei, France, 1992
Art Expo, NYC, 2000
Dakar Biennale, Senegal, 2002
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
"Drawings of 12 Countries," Chicago Art Institute, 1952
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Lambert Fund Prize, 1952
Brooklyn Print Biennial, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Purchase Award, 1960
International Watercolor Biennial, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1963
Olympic Games, Moscow, American representative, 1980
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, "Enrichments of the Print Cabinet," 1989
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, "Screen Prints 1930s-1960s", 1991
Hotel Cosima, Tokyo, Japan, Installation: Tapestry and Paintings, 1994
Graphic Arts International, Portland Art Museum, OR, Purchase Award, 1997
Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts, Tokyo Museum, Invited, 1995
National Works on Paper, University of Hawaii, Hilo, 1996
International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland, 1997-98
Boston Print Symposium, Harvard and Boston Museum, Invited, 1997
Museum of Arts Downtown Los Angeles, 1997
Honolulu Academy of Fine Arts, "Lithography After 200 Years," 1998
Mini-Print International, Cadaques, Spain, circulating 1 year, 2002
Egyptian International Print Triennial, Cairo, 2003
Dahlonega International Film Festival, Atlanta, Freedom Award, 2003
Hungarian Multi-Cultural Exhibition, Vizivaros Gallery, Budapest, 2004
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA
British Museum, London
Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Florean Museum, Carbunari, Romania
Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland, OR (complete prints over 600)
Kyoto International Woodprint Association, Japan
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Los Angeles County Art Institute, CA
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Panama City, Panama
Museo Emilio Bacardi, Santiago de Cuba
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose, CR
Museo Nacional de Cuba, La Habana, Cuba
Museum of the International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
National Museum of American History (over 100 works) Washington, DC
Seattle Art Museum, WA
National Museum of Fine Arts, Cairo, Egypt
Museo Guayasamin, Quito, Ecuador
Select bibliography:
MOSAIC ART TODAY, Larry Argiro, 1961. International Textbooks Company
SERIGRAPHY, Kenneth W. Auvil, 1965. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1965.
GRAPHIC DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION, John W. Cataldo, 1966.
WATERCOLOR PAINTING, Yar G. Chomicky, 1968. Prentice-Hall, Inc.
THE RUG BOOK, Lillian Quirke, Prentice-Hall, 1979.
BEYOND WEAVING, Chamberlain and Crockett, 1974. Watson-Guptill Publ.
CALIFORNIA ARTISTS COOKBOOK, Blank and Seymour, 1982. Abbeville Press
WINE AUCTION, San Jose Museum of Art, 1985. 45pp. Illus. pg. 15.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIVING ARTISTS IN AMERICA, Constance Franklin,
EROTIC ART BY LIVING ARTISTS, Constance Franklin, 1988. Directors Guild.
VITREOGRAPH LITTLETON STUDIOS, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA, Mar., 1994.
BOHUMIL VRZAL, Point Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic, 2000. 204 pp., color.
Art Protis was artistically developed by famous Czech artists Jiří Trnka and Antonín Kybal, Non woven tapestries by first preparing wool which comes in raw sheets dyed in different colors. The prepared wool is then cut to pieces and placed on top of one another like a collage. The finished layers were then pressed through a machine and stitched together on to a canvas. Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, French artist James Coignard, American Robert Freimark and Australian Erroll B. Davis Amongst many others. less