Lunar Firmament

Textiles

1970

Janet Kuemmerlein (American, born 1932)
Prairie Village, Kansas, United States

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Janet Kuemmerlein
Title: Lunar Firmament
Place: Kansas (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 1970
Medium: Wool, twill weave; appliqued with wool and rayon felt and silk and rayon, plain weave; padded; embroidered with cotton, acrylic, and wool, machine straight and zig-zag stitches; laid work and couching; lined with polyester, plain weave
Dimensions: 124.5 × 105.3 cm (49 × 41 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the North Shore Suburban Embroiderers' Guild
Reference Number: 1976.95

Art Institute of Chicago, Selected Textile Acquisitions Since 1973, Dec. 15, 1977–Mar. 26, 1978.

Marna Johnson, Chicago, by May 17, 1976 [invoice; May 17, 1976; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1976.

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