Panel (Decorative)

Description

Although known primarily as a painter, Audrey Brockbank created a series of ikat, or warp-dyed, weavings. In this work, she used the same soft palette of blues and oranges found in her watercolors for the narrow warp dyed stripes; these are very different from the large swaths of vivid color normally seen in Central Asian ikat fabrics.

Provenance

The artist, Chiswick, England [invoice May 24, 1989]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1989.

Panel (Decorative)

Audrey Brockbank

1985/86

Accession Number

74264

Medium

Silk, plain weave; ikat dyed

Dimensions

330.8 × 77.5 cm (130 1/4 × 30 1/2 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hixon Glore in memory of Robert Hixon Glore, Jr.