Description
This example of We may not have been finished, as the other printed cotton versions have yellow and pinkish-red colors that were applied over the initial treatment of indigo discharge printing, which is seen
here. The discharge technique employs a bleaching agent to selectively remove color from a fabric that has been dyed solid blue. This design was also made as a printed velveteen.
Provenance
Haslam & Whiteway, London, by 2007; sold to Crab Tree Farm Foundation, Lake Bluff, IL, Sept. 6, 2007 [Crab Tree Farm Foundation catalog record; copy in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.
Accession Number
249115
Medium
Indigo discharge block printed cotton
Dimensions
177.8 × 121.9 cm (70 × 48 in.)
Classification
printed textile
Credit Line
Gift of Crab Tree Farm Foundation