Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction

Marilou Schultz (Navajo/Diné), Replica of a Chip, 1994, wool, American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Image © Museum Associates/LACMA

Ed Rossbach, Damask Waterfall, 1977, cotton welting cord, commercial fabric, plastic, satin damask, wrapped, LongHouse Reserve. Photo © Charles Benton, Courtesy The Artists’ Institute

Andrea Zittel, ‘White Felted Dress #3’ from A-Z Fiber Form Uniforms, 2002, wool, hand-felted, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by David and Susan Gersh. © Andrea Zittel, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Anni Albers, Design for a 1926 Unexecuted Wall Hanging, c. 1924, gouache and pencil on reprographic paper, The Joseph and Anni Albers Foundation. © 2023 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photocredit: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art

Olga de Amaral, Cintas entrelazadas, c. 1969, wool and cotton, Courtesy of the artist

Shan Goshorn, Color of Conflicting Values, 2013, Arches watercolor paper, printed with archival inks, acrylic paint, and gold foil, Collection of Edward J. Guarino

Igshaan Adams, Vroeglig by die Voordeur, 2020, wood, plastic, and stone beads, wire, tumeric, tea, and fabric dye, Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody

Sheila Hicks, Peluca Verde, 1960–1961, wool, Sheila Hicks

Rosemarie Trockel, My Dear Colleagues, 1986, plastic and wool, Stadtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Garnatz Collection. Publication only: © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023. Rights only: © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Regina Pilawuk Wilson, Syaw (Fishnet), 2011, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, Collection of Debra and Dennis Scholl, Miami Beach, Florida

Lillian Elliott, Swirl, 1983, reeds, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Milton and Martha Dalitzky

Senga Nengudi, The Threader, 2007, digital video, color, sound, 5:23 minutes,
Courtesy of the artist; Thomas Erben Gallery, New York; and Sprüth Magers.
© Senga Nengudi, 2023, Courtesy Sprüth Magers and Thomas Erben Gallery, New York

Ed Rossbach, Rag Basket, 1973, obliquely plaited commercial fabric and corrugated paper; with applied silk-screened cotton plain
weave, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Daphne Farago Collection
Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Lenore Tawney, Vespers, 1961, linen, Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

Agnes Martin, Untitled, 1960, oil on canvas, Lent by Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Gift of the Bayard and Harriet K.
Ewing Collection 1993.105.12

Aleksandr Rodchenko, Varvara Stepanova, 1924 (printed 1997), gelatin silver print mounted on archival paper, Courtesy Howard Schickler

Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Composition, c. 1918, graphite and body colors on paper, Kunst Museum Winterthur, Donated by Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach, 1977.
© SIK-ISEA, Zürich (Jean-Pierre Kuhn). © 2023 Stiftun Arp e.V., Berlin / Rolandswerth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York