Thickly Settled Maker: Anni Albers (American, 1899–1994)

1957

American Decorative Arts

Not on view
Medium

Cotton and jute

Dimensions

31 × 24 3/8 in. (78.7 × 61.9 cm)
Frame: 36 5/8 × 29 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (93 × 75.6 × 3.2 cm)

Credit Line

Director's Purchase Fund

Accession Number

1972.83

Geography

Made in New Haven, Connecticut

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Textiles

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. purchased directly from Anni Albers.
Bibliography
  • Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 127, ill.
  • Loretta N Staples, A Sense of Pattern: Textile Masterworks from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1981), 60, no. 56, ill.
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Subject

Women makers

Signed

lower right "A.A."

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