Embroidered Picture Maker: Mariska Karasz (American, born Hungary, 1898–1960)

ca. 1955

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Linen, cotton, wool, and metal sequins

Dimensions

framed: 9 1/2 × 14 3/8 in. (24.1 × 36.5 cm)
unframed: 7 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (19.7 × 31.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Theodore R. Killiam and Lynn Cooley

Accession Number

2019.9.1

Geography

Made in Brewster, New York

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Textiles

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Eleanor Hartshorne Richards (1893–1979), New York and later Rye, N.Y.; by inheritance to her daughter Pamela Richards Brooks (1920–2012) Rye, N.Y. and later Weston, Mass.; by gift to her nephew Theodore Killiam, Guilford, Conn., before 2012; by gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2018
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

pictures, textiles

Signed

"MK" embroidred twice in lower proper left corner

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