Young Women

Textiles

1954

Lenore Tawney (American, 1907–2007)
New York, New York, United States

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Lenore Tawney
Title: Young Women
Place: New York City (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 1954
Medium: Linen, wool, nylon, silk, rayon-and-metal-foil-laminated in cellulose acetate film-wrapped rayon, nylon-, wool-, and metal-strip laminated in cellulose acetate film, and cotton-and-metal film, plain weave with discontinuous wefts; main warp fringe; backed with cotton, velveteen
Dimensions: 44.7 × 32 cm (17 5/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Lenore Tawney
Reference Number: 1994.307
Copyright: © Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

The artist (died 2007), Chicago then New York [incoming receipt RX20175, Mar. 18, 1994; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1994.

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