World Record for a Sheila Hicks Tapestry

Result EUR687,500

Published on 02 January 2023, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 05 December 2022 - 20:00 (CET) - 3, rue Rossini - 75009 Paris

A world record for this special commissioned tapestry illustrating the enchanting world Hicks creates with her materials.

Sheila Hicks (b. 1934), Fugue, 1969-1970, silk, flax, cotton, assemblage mounted... World Record for a Sheila Hicks Tapestry

Sheila Hicks (b. 1934), Fugue, 1969-1970, silk, flax, cotton, assemblage mounted on eight panels, 275 x 512 cm/108.3 x 202 in.
Result: €687,500

Created in 1969 for the Rothschild Bank headquarters in Paris, the unique Fugue —an assemblage of 166 hanks of flax partially sheathed in colored silk on stretched linen…

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