About this artwork
Chicago-based artist Dorothy Hughes creates what she calls “sculptural tapestry … drawn from the complex order of contrasts and harmony found within the life of natural forms.” Here, Hughes overlapped 37 woven strips to create a textural composition, clustering them together and even threading them through each other, resulting in deep shadows. The coarse weave that results conveys an earthy solidity that is echoed in Hughes’s shades of brown.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 59
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Department
- Textiles
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Artist
- Dorothy Hughes
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Title
- Untitled Hanging
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Place
- Chicago (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1981
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Medium
- Linen, wool and nylon, strips of plain weave and strips of slit tapestry weave
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Dimensions
- Approx.: 182.9 × 243.8 cm (72 × 96 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by the Textile Society and royalties from The Warner Fund; Illinois Arts Council Partners in Purchase Grant
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Reference Number
- 1986.139