The Little Breeze

Description

The toppling blocks here create a pleasing effect in which the regularity of the pattern has been disrupted. There is also a surprising optical effect created by the afterimage of dots that appear at the interstices of the grid holding the rows of blocks.

The Little Breeze

Ethel Stein

1998

Accession Number

213545

Medium

Cotton, plain weave, double cloth; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist

Dimensions

72.4 × 73.7 cm (28 1/2 × 29 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Ethel Stein