Judith Johansson
Covered by droit de suite
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a carpet, "Spise Hall", flat weave, 275 x 224 cm. Signed JJ.
Designed in 1961. "Spise Hall" was woven in a variety of sizes - the pattern was created to easily adept to the customers choice of size - that where not standard. All the variants are shaded in a escalating colour scale. In nature there is no such thing as a uniform colour, its always changing depending on light, shadow and density.
Partly some wear, slightly dirty, minor stains, repairs.
Literature
Compare with Andersson, Torsten: JJ Så vävdes ett livsverk, Göteborg 2006, page 80.
More information
Judith Johansson har beskrivit bakgrunden till mönstret som följande: Färgstämningen när majdagen övergår till "blå timmen" i lövsprickningens tid vid utsikspunkten söder om Knäred.
Matta med mönstret har varit utställd bl.a. i Stockholm på NK 1972 och 1974, på Hallands Museum 1985 och Forum Kulturcentrum Peine Tyskland 1993."