Description
Impressive wallcarpet as a triptique in wool and jute by the Dutch artist Ger van den Ham (Vleuten-De Meern 1934). Van den Ham is an interesting exponent of the strong coming up of female textile artists in the 1970s. Of considerable interest from an art-historical perspective is her apprenticeship by Urszula Plewka-Schmidt, a prominent Polish textile artist, a student of Magdalena Abakanowicz, and a representative of the so-called Polish School of Tapestry. From the 1970s onwards, she developed woven forms that were often three-dimensional and monumental in scale. Her work was exhibited internationally, and she participated in events such as the International Textile Biennial in Lausanne. This presents a potentially far more interesting picture of Van den Ham than that of a mere local maker of wall hangings. Her interest in natural materials, plant-based dyes, and weaving may well have been linked to the international evolution of modern textile art during the 1970s. In very good condition, wool and jute, triptique, 262×115 (73×115, 116×115, 73×115), signed with a label ‘Ger van den Ham wit drieluik 1980’.
