About this artwork
Claire Zeisler was a Chicago textile artist who, together with Lenore Tawney and Sheila Hicks, introduced a new textile art form called “fiber art” in the mid-1960s in Europe and America. The work of these three artists—sometimes sculptural and large-scale—transformed textiles from two dimensions to three, and from wall-mounted to freestanding. Zeisler may have intended this pouch-like, three-dimensional wall piece to serve as a trial version of a much larger, as-yet-unidentified work.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artist
- Claire Zeisler
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Title
- Untitled
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Place
- United States (Object made in:)
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Date
- Made 1960–1979
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Medium
- Jute, hemp, and wool; plain crochet
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Dimensions
- 54.3 × 23.1 cm (21 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
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Credit Line
- Nicole Williams Contemporary Textile Fund
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Reference Number
- 2015.284
Extended information about this artwork
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