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Whole and Half Moons

A work made of two panels: cotton, satin weave damask; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist.

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  • A work made of two panels: cotton, satin weave damask; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist.

Date:

2007

Artist:

Ethel Stein (American, 1917-2018)
United States

About this artwork

According to Lucy Commoner, author of an insightful essay about Stein, the artist’s “pieces woven with only black-and-white warps and wefts achieve a wide range of gray-scale values through the manipulation of the weave structures.” This is indeed the achievement represented by powerful works such as Whole and Half Moons.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Ethel Stein

Title

Whole and Half Moons

Place

New York (Object made in)

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Made 2007

Medium

Two panels: cotton, satin weave damask; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist

Dimensions

87.7 × 88 cm (34 1/2 × 34 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ethel Stein

Reference Number

2012.433a

Extended information about this artwork

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