ELENA DEL RIVERO

(1949)

ELENA DEL RIVERO Valencia (1949) "Nuberota", 2003

Mixed technique on canvas and high-warp tapestry and silk threads Titled, dated and with an explanatory legend of the work and its process on the sides. The tapestry was made on the looms of the Fundacion Real Fabrica de Tapices, Madrid, based on the artist's original designs. The meaning of the work is related to the attack on the Trade World Center on September 11, 2011, the area where the author's home and workshop was located, as explained in the text she wrote for the Galeria Elvira Gonzalez in 2004 and in an interview conducted on the occasion of the exhibition Exhibitions: Galeria Elvira Gonzalez, Madrid, "Elena de Rivero. Nuberrota", January 22-February 28, 2004 Real Fabrica de Tapices, Madrid, "Threads of modernity: tapestries and carpets from the Real Fabrica de Tapices". December 26, 2008 to January 31, 2009 Provenance: Artist's Collection Elvira Gonzalez Gallery, Madrid Phillips, 2011 London Private collection, Madrid Measurements: 177.5 x 177.5 cm and 46 x 72.5 cm