Salvador Dalí
Flower Women with a Soft Piano – from the Hippies Suite, 1973.
Femmes Fleurs Au Piano Tapisserie.
Tapestry, hand-woven in Aubusson, France.
The signature is weaved at the bottom right.
A certificate of authenticity is provided by issuing authority.

The art of tapestry making is one of the French traditions that over the centuries greatly contributed to the embellishment of patrimony. Aubusson tapestry, according to tradition, was introduced by the Saracens surviving the Battle of Poitiers (732 AD) and who, legend has it, asked for the protection of the Lord of Aubusson. They hence set up several weaving workshops in the Creuse valley where the waters have the renowned property of rendering the colors very pure in tone.

Pierre Argillet and Salvador Dali decided to produce Dali’s work in tapestry because they wanted to create art in a very large format to decorate the enormous walls of the castles they had individually built as their respective museums. © The Argillet Collection.

Salvador Dali – Off The Wall Gallery Houston, Texas.