manufactured at Aubusson, France
woven wool
49¹⁄₄ in. (125.1 cm) high, 77¹⁄₂ in. (196.9 cm) wide
woven with artist's initials AA

Christie’s, New York, 10 December 1988, lot 456
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Y. Brunhammer, André Arbus, Paris, 2003, pp. 74 and 184 (for gouache designs of tapestries with similar motifs)

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The present tapestry features the legendary Greek god Orpheus as the central nude figure reclining amidst a foliate background, surrounded by a patterned border decorated with motifs of musical and astronomical instruments.