Painted Desert

Provenance

Bolden Auction Galleries, East Bolden, England, by 2014 [this and the following according to correspondence from M. Andrews, Dec. 18, 2020; copy in curatorial file; reportedly acquired from a Newcastle contract finisher that closed in the late 20th century]; sold to unknown dealer, England, 2014; sold to Meg Andrews, Antique Dress & Textiles, London, by 2020; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.

Painted Desert

Althea Majorie McNish

1959

Accession Number

260005

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; screen printed

Dimensions

623.6 × 126.4 cm (245 1/2 × 49 3/4 in.); Repeat: H.: 57 cm (22 in.)

Classification

weaving - printed

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Margaret W. and John V. Farwell III Endowment Fund