About this artwork
Roberto Burle Marx, a modernist renowned for his landscape designs, worked in a variety of media, including textile design. The harmony of color, texture, and form in this tapestry parallels his landscapes. To unify a garden, Burle Marx paired and grouped plants of varying scales and textures to produce contrast and balance. Like the elements in a garden, the forms in this textile invite the viewer to meander through the composition and contemplate the relationships between color, texture, and form.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artist
- Roberto Burle-Marx
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Title
- Untitled
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Place
- Brazil (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1971
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Medium
- Wool and cotton; slit tapestry weave
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Inscriptions
- R. Burle Marx 71
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Dimensions
- 275 × 317.8 cm (108 1/4 × 125 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment
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Reference Number
- 2017.335