Barbara Bloom
Lolita Rug
New York City, USA: Self-published, 1999.
241.3 x 112.3 cm.
Edition of 10 [+2 AP] numbered copies
A hand-tufted wool rug that depicts a desecrated copy of Volume 2 of the Olympia Press edition of Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel Lolita [see below].
Bloom had previously made the novel the subject of her work Reading Lolita In The Dark [see earlier post, here].
An example of the work sold for $45,000 during the VIP opening of Art Basel’s Paris week last year. It was purchased by Greek shipping magnate Dr. John Koustas, who gifted the piece to his wife, Dimitra, for her name day.
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