Albert Gleizes (1881–1953)
Peinture à trois éléments, 1920
Tapestry, 5 ft 7 in x 7 ft 4 in (170 x 224 cm)
Provenance: Purchased from an antique shop in Paris

This tapestry was woven after Albert Gleizes’ work Peinture à trois éléments (1920), a seminal composition reflecting his Cubist language of rhythm, form, and structure. Gleizes, a central figure of Cubism and co-author of Du Cubisme (1912), continued to explore spatial dynamism and abstract geometries well into the 1920s. The weaving translates his painted forms into textile, maintaining the bold interplay of planes and tonal contrasts that defined his mature style.