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Das andere Land (The Other Land)

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen, wool, silk, horsehair, hemp, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in open buttonhole filling and stem stitches; laid work and couching.

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  • A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen, wool, silk, horsehair, hemp, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in open buttonhole filling and stem stitches; laid work and couching.

Date:

1986/87

Artist:

Lissy Funk (Swiss, born Germany, 1909–2005)
Executed at Lissy Funk Studio
Switzerland, Zürich

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Lissy Funk

Title

Das andere Land (The Other Land)

Place

Zürich (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1986–1987

Medium

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen, wool, silk, horsehair, hemp, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in open buttonhole filling and stem stitches; laid work and couching

Dimensions

207 × 335 cm (81 1/2 × 131 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Women's Board, Wirt D. Walker Endowment, and Lissy Funk Acquisition Fund

Reference Number

1989.414

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