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21646 New Modern Beni Mrirt Moroccan Rug, 09'10 x 13'11.
This hand-knotted wool Beni Mrirt Moroccan rug is a masterclass in minimalist grandeur—a textile composition that channels the aesthetic lineage of Gerhard Richter’s blurred abstractions, the modular genius of Gunta Stölzl, and, perhaps most poignantly, the musical minimalism of Agnes Martin and the linear cadence of Cy Twombly. While traces of Richter’s meditative mark-making and Stolzl’s Bauhaus rigor shimmer beneath the surface, the piece ultimately reads as a woven meditation—a visual symphony of silence and structure.
The rug’s field, in deep onyx black, becomes a nocturnal void animated by horizontal bands of ivory and steel blue, forming a fragmented, staccato rhythm across the woolen plane. These broken lines call to mind musical notation or digital code, suggesting a language beyond words—a score for the soul, as Agnes Martin might have envisioned. The alternation of precise linearity with subtle irregularity evokes the intimate imperfection of handwoven thought: deliberate, yet emotionally unguarded.
Where Gunta Stolzl played with modular color and structure, this exclusive work of art pares it back to the essential. Here, line becomes memory—a whisper of motion against stillness, a woven gesture suspended in space. There is a quiet, cerebral energy reminiscent of Cy Twombly’s scribal marks, or even Walter De Maria’s Earth Room, where repetition becomes reverence. Like Richter’s abstract canvases, the precious design hovers between clarity and blur, order and erosion, presence and absence.
This is a rarity among rarities: an exquisite masterpiece that embodies both modernist restraint and Moroccan soulfulness, rendered not by machine but by master hands in the Middle Atlas Mountains. Ethically crafted and emotionally resonant, it transcends decoration—it is a collector’s textile, steeped in cultural depth and conceptual elegance. For those who seek not trend but timeless prestige, this Beni Mrirt offers an unparalleled experience of luxury—a modern relic for the meditative home.
- Rendered in variegated shades of midnight, black, ink blue, navy blue, cerulean, and beige with other accent colors.
- Abrash.
- Hand-knotted wool.
- Made in Morocco.
- Berber Tribes of Morocco. Beni Mrirt.
- Measures: 09'10 x 13'11.
- Pile Height: 0.50 of an inch.
- Brand New. In-Stock.