dieser beitrag wurde verfasst in: englisch (eng/en)
künstler (in grau: assistent/in): Joan Miró, Josep Royo
titel: Tapestry
jahr: 1973
adresse: World Trade Center, South Tower, lobby, New York
+: Wool, hemp. 6.1 × 11 m (20 × 35 ft). Destroyed in 2001 on the occasion of the 9/11-attacks
«The World Trade Center Tapestry of Joan Miró arrived in 1974. It was not really a commissioned piece. I had spoken with Miró about the possibility of doing a tapestry, and he had turned me down, saying: "When you do a tapestry, you really don't do it yourself, and I don't make any art where I don't use my two hands." Then he had a tragedy in his family. His daughter was traveling in Spain and was involved in an accident. She was taken to a hospital. Miró told the nuns who ran the hospital that, "Hopefully my daughter will recover, and if she does, I'll give you any art work that you would like." His daughter did recover, and the nuns asked for a tapestry. He said he didn't do any tapestries. They said, "We have somebody in our village who does tapestries. He'll teach you." So, Miró worked with this tapestry maker in their village, and he got to like it. He decided to practice, and he made about 20 little tapestries, some of which were shown in New York. Then I got a communication from his dealer in Paris saying, "Your World Trade Center tapestry is done." I said, "What?!" He said, "It's in the Grand Palais [in Paris] in Miró's retrospective, and it's yours if you want it, but he made it especially for the World Trade Center."» (Saul Wenegrat, 2002)