Lot 110
Antonín Kybal (1901 - 1971) TREE

54 x 66 cm (h x w)

Starting price

30 000 CZK
| 1 176 €

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Mixed media on wood panel. Original frame by the artist. Signed lower right: “Kybal 70”. This sketch for a large tapestry executed by Antonin Kybal, depicting a hearty tree perfused with sunlight, is itself a stand-alone work of art. Antonin Kybal was the most distinctive Czech home textile designer and textile production innovator of the 20th century. As an artist and later as an educator, he lifted textile work from its position as a conservative, waning traditional craft to an entirely independent means of artistic expression corresponding to the language of modernism. Kybal's main contribution was his ability to place high demands on aesthetics, craftsmanship and materials in industrial production and interweave them with contemporary aesthetic trends.