Untitled Hanging

Description

Chicago-based artist Dorothy Hughes creates what she calls “sculptural tapestry . . . drawn from the complex order of contrasts and harmony found within the life of natural forms.” Here, Hughes overlapped 37 woven strips to create a textural composition, clustering them together and even threading them through each other, resulting in deep shadows. The coarse weave that results conveys an earthy solidity that is echoed in Hughes’s shades of brown.

Provenance

The artist, Chicago [incoming receipt RX16046, May 2, 1986; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.

Untitled Hanging

Dorothy Hughes

1981

Accession Number

107744

Medium

Linen, wool and nylon, strips of plain weave and strips of slit tapestry weave

Dimensions

Approx.: 182.9 × 243.8 cm (72 × 96 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Textile Society and royalties from The Warner Fund; Illinois Arts Council Partners in Purchase Grant