The Poet

Textiles

1963

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

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Lenore Tawney
Title: The Poet
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 1963
Medium: Linen, plain weave; open work; open warp; knotted and braided fringes
Dimensions: 223.5 × 54 cm (88 × 21 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. S. H. Fairweather
Reference Number: 1990.539
Copyright: © Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

Sally Fairweather, Chicago, by Oct. 1990 [Incoming permanent receipt RX18609, 10/10/1990, in curatorial object file, Textiles Department]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990.

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