Marie Cuttoli
Marie Cuttoli | |
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| Born | 1879 |
| Died | 1973 |
| Known for | Tapestry commissioning |
| Spouse | Paul Cuttoli |
Marie Cuttoli (née Myriam Bordes; 1879 – 1973) was a French entrepreneur, born in Tulle, and patron of modernist tapestry.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Cuttoli's original interests were in reviving carpet production in Algeria. Around 1910, she set up a workshop in her Algerian home to teach the trade to local women; their works were then sold to haute couture houses in Paris.[1] In 1925, her works were displayed and well received at the International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts.[3] In the same year, she opened Maison Myrbor (an abbreviation of her maiden name), a gallery and design house in Paris on Rue Vignon designed by Jean Lurçat. The street included established art dealers, such as Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.[4] Maison Myrbor produced embroidered and appliqué dresses, some designed by Natalia Goncharova,[5][6] offered a decoration department, and held major painting exhibitions for artists such as Salvador Dalí and Francis Cyril Rose.[7]
The Barnes Foundation exhibited her work in 2020, and published a catalog of this work,[8] citing the exhibition as the first celebration of "her visionary approach to art and business" by a major American institution.[9]
Cuttoli commissioned tapestry cartoons from Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, Joan Miró, and Pablo Picasso in 1927.[3] The following year, she turned her attention to reviving the Aubusson tapestry industry.[1] She encouraged additional avant-garde artists of the time to weave tapestries based upon their easel paintings.[10] These included Raoul Dufy, Le Corbusier, Lurçat, Henri Matisse, and Rouault. [11] Cuttoli went on to partner with Galerie Jeanne Bucher, and later with Galerie Lucie Weill & Seligmann.[1]
Personal life
[edit]In 1912,[12] she married Paul Cuttoli, an Algerian-born French politician, a Radical Socialist senator.[13] The Cuttolis built a mansion in Philippeville, Algeria named Villa Myriam.[4]: 15 Her Parisian home at 55 Rue de Babylone went on to become the home of Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé.[13] A close friend of Picasso and other contemporary artists, the Cuttolis collected works by Picasso, as well Braque, Alexander Calder, Dufy, and Léger.[2] Her collection of Cubist works was donated to the Musée National d'Art Moderne,[11] the 1969 Cuttoli-Laugier donation to the same museum included a collection of Picassos.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Susan Day (1 October 2002). Art Deco and Modernist Carpets. Chronicle Books. pp. 131, 195–. ISBN 978-0-8118-3613-5. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ a b Troy, Virginia Gardner. "Marie Cuttoli: Patron of Modern Textiles". University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ a b c Richardson, John (5 October 2010). A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932. Random House Digital, Inc. pp. 354–. ISBN 978-0-375-71151-0. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ a b Morelle, Chantal (1997). Henri Laugier: un espirit sans frontières. Bruylant. p. 5. ISBN 978-2-8027-1055-4. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ Lussier, Suzanne (2006). Art deco fashion (Repr. ed.). London: V&A Publications. p. 46. ISBN 9781851773909.
Goncharova's primitive interpretation of Russian folk art and Byzantine mosaics was evident not only in her costumes for the Ballets Russes but also in her designs for Myrbor
- ^ "Evening dress by Natalia Goncharova for Myrbor". V&A Museum. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ Spring, Justin (17 August 2010). Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade. Macmillan. pp. 71–. ISBN 978-0-374-28134-2. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ Kang, Cindy (2020). Marie Cuttoli : the modern thread from Miró to Man Ray. Philadelphia: Barnes Foundation. ISBN 978-0300251319.
- ^ "Marie Cuttoli: The Modern Thread from Miró to Man Ray". Barnes. Barnes Foundation. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ Campbell, Gordon (9 November 2006). The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts: Two-volume Set: Two-volume Set. Oxford University Press. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-0-19-518948-3. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Acquisition de la tapisserie "Marie Cuttoli"". Fondation Le Corbusier. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ Jarry, Madeleine (1974). La tapisserie: art du 20e siécle Madeleine Jarry. Office du livre. p. 76. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ a b Collins, Amy Fine (January 2009). "The Things Yves Loved". Vanity Fair.
