"Gabon" Textile

Designer:

Nathalie du Pasquier (French, born Bordeaux, 1957)

Manufacturer:

Rainbow, Milan

Date:

1982

Medium:

Cotton

Dimensions:

55 in. × 13 ft. 3 in. (139.7 × 403.9 cm)

Classification:

Textiles-Painted and Printed

Credit Line:

Gift of Geoffrey N. Bradfield, 1986

Accession Number:

1986.398.3

Nathalie du Pasquier was a founding member of Memphis. Barbara Radice, Sottsass’s partner, describes her as "a kind of natural decorative genius—anarchic, highly sensitive, wild, abstruse, capable of turning out extraordinary drawings at the frantic pace of a computer. . . . [Her works] are enthusiastic, explosive, exalted, elated, as striking as neon in a tropical night." Du Pasquier’s complex repeating patterns embrace all manner of influences, including African textiles, Cubism, Futurism, Art Deco, and graffiti. This work belongs to a series based on African patterns. Other designs are titled Kenya, Zaire, and Zambia.