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Fiber Construction Entitled "Floor Slinky"

A work made of metal coils ("slinkys"), padded with jute wrapped with cotton and rayon.

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  • A work made of metal coils ("slinkys"), padded with jute wrapped with cotton and rayon.

Date:

c. 1971

Artist:

Claire Zeisler (American, 1903–1991)
Chicago, United States

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Claire Zeisler

Title

Fiber Construction Entitled "Floor Slinky"

Place

Chicago (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 1961–1981

Medium

Metal coils ("slinkys"), padded with jute wrapped with cotton and rayon

Dimensions

Measured when slinky compressed varying from: 43.2 × 12.3 cm (17 × 4 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Joan Binkley in memory of Claire Zeisler

Reference Number

1992.489.1-15

Extended information about this artwork

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