Conservation Projects Completed

 Tapisserie 23 en violet et noir (1963)

Collection: Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands

200 x 300 cm
wool, linen, and cotton

Exhibitions:

• 1963 Warsaw, Galeria Sztuki Nowoczesnej, Magdalena Abakanowicz. Gobelin

• 1964 Mannheim, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Moderne Polnische Tapisserie (and tour)

• 1964 Stuttgart, Germany, venue and title unknown

• 1965 Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Poolse Wandtapijten (and tour)

• 1965 St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum, Neue polnische Bildeppiche

• 2025 ’s-Hertogenbosch, Het Noordbrabants Museum, Magdalena Abakanowicz: Human Nature

Conservation treatment:
ICAT Textielrestauratie, conservation made possible by a grant from the Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation

Exhibition view Magdalena Abakanowicz: Human Nature ©HET Noordbrabants Musem (Photo Norbert Piwowarczyk)

Helena (1965)

Collection: Marlborough Gallery, New York

300 x 480 cm
Wool, cotton cord, sisal, and horsehair

Exhibitions:

• 1965 Warsaw, Zachęta CBWA, Wystawa Gobelinów Magdaleny Abakanowicz

• 1965 São Paulo, Polish Pavilion, VIII Bienal de São Paulo

• 1966 Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte Moderna, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Jolanta Owidzka, Wojciech Sadley

• 2020 New York, Marlborough Gallery, Magdalena Abakanowicz and Anselm Kiefer

• 2022 London, Tate Modern, Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope (and tour)

Conservation treatment:
Janie Lightfoot Textiles Conservation and Restoration Studio. Historical context and comparative analysis were provided by the Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation

© Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation, Photo Norbert Piwowarczyk

Triptyque Noir (1966)

Collection: University of Oslo

300 x 284 cm
Hemp and sisal ropes, horsehair on linen warp

Exhibitions:

• 1967 Oslo, Kunstindustrimuseet, Magdalena Abakanowicz' arbeider i vev (and tour)

• 2024 Høvikodden, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Floker av tråd og tau (as part of the Tate Modern tour)

Conservation treatment:
MAKKON Konserwacja Tkanin Zabytkowych, made possible by a grant from the Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation

© Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable, Photo Norbert Piwowarczyk

Ovale d’Or (1967)

Collection: Oslo kommunes kunstsamling, Oslo

135 x 184 cm
Sisal, horsehair, and metal elements

Exhibitions:

• 1967 Oslo, Kunstindustrimuseet, Magdalena Abakanowicz' arbeider i vev (and tour)

• 2024 Høvikodden, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Floker av tråd og tau (as part of the Tate Modern tour)

Conservation treatment:
MAKKON Konserwacja Tkanin Zabytkowych, made possible by a grant from the Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation

© Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation, Photo Norbert Piwowarczyk