About This Artwork
Designed and executed by Lenore Tawney
American, 1907–2007
United States, New York, New York City
Hanging Entitled "The Bride Has Entered"1982
Cotton, plain weave; painted with pigment and gold leaf; attached linen threads in grid pattern
176.5 x 177.6 x 213.3 cm (69 1/2 x 69 7/8 x 84 in.)
Gift of Lenore Tawney; restricted gifts of the Textile Society, Joan G. Rosenberg, Mr. and Mrs. Richard J.L. Senior, Mrs. William G. Swartchild Jr., and Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken, 1990.537
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Focus on Fiber Art: Selections from the Growing 20th Century Collection," October 6, 1993–February 27, 1994
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Twenty Years of Textile Society Collecting (1978–1998)," December 20, 1997–March 22, 1998
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "The 20th-Century Textile Artist," March 31–August 1, 1999
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Contemporary Fiber Art, A Selection from the Permanent Collection", November 3, 2010 - February 7, 2011