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Anni Albers
Design for a 1926 Unexecuted Wall Hanging, c. 1924
gouache and pencil on reprographic paper
overall size: 38.4 x 25.1 cm (15 1/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
framed: 63.5 x 49.9 x 3.8 cm (25 x 19 5/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
The Joseph and Anni Albers Foundation
© 2023 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photo Credit: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art

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Ed Rossbach
Damask Waterfall, 1977
cotton welting cord, commercial fabric, and plastic; satin damask weave, wrapped
overall: 91.4 x 91.4 cm (36 x 36 in.)
LongHouse Reserve
Photo: © Charles Benton, Courtesy The Artists’ Institute

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Harmony Hammond
Pink Weave, 1974
oil and Dorland's wax on canvas
overall: 62.2 x 62.2 cm (24 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.)
Private Collection, New York. Courtesy Needleman Fine Art Services, LLC
© 2023 Harmony Hammond / Licensed by VAGA at Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photo Credit: Courtesy the artist and Alexander Gray Associates, New York

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Regina Pilawuk Wilson
Syaw (Fishnet), 2011
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
overall: 120 x 200 cm (47 1/4 x 78 3/4 in.)
Collection of Debra and Dennis Scholl, Miami Beach, Florida

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Rosemarie Trockel
My Dear Colleagues, 1986
plastic and wool
overall: 51 x 40 x 8 cm (20 1/16 x 15 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
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

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Andrea Zittel
'White Felted Dress #3' from A-Z Fiber Form Uniforms, 2002
hand‐felted wool
overall: 144.8 x 50.8 cm (57 x 20 in.)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by David and Susan Gersh
© Andrea Zittel
Photo Credit: © Museum Associates/LACMA

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Ellen Lesperance
Cardigan Worn by One Woman of the Boeing Five, Tried for Entering the Boeing Nuclear Missile Plant on September 27th, 1983, Sentenced to Fifteen Days in the King County Jail for Defending Life on Earth, 2011
gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper and wool sweater handknitted by the artist
top section (framed): 68.6 x 87.6 cm (27 x 34 1/2 in.)
accessory size: 15.2 x 35.6 x 43.2 cm (6 x 14 x 17 in.)
Brooklyn Museum, Purchase gift of Jill and Jay Bernstein, 2012.18a-e
© Ellen Lesperance

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Liz Collins
Walking Wounded, 2011
digitally printed silk with knit cotton and rayon
overall: 264.2 x 121.9 cm (104 x 48 in.)
Lent by Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
© Liz Collins
Photo Credit: Joe Kramm

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

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Marilou Schultz (Navajo/Diné)
Replica of a Chip, 1994
wool
overall: 120 x 146 x 20 cm (47 1/4 x 57 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)
back board dims: 139.7 x 115.6 x 1.3 cm (55 x 45 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Image © Museum Associates/LACMA

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Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee Nation)
The Anthropophagic Effect, Garment no. 4, 2019
canvas, satin, cotton, brass grommets, nylon thread, artificial sinew, split reed, glass and plastic beads, and nylon ribbon
overall: 147.3 x 182.9 cm (58 x 72 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Lehrman Fund and Millennium Fund, 2023.7.1
© Jeffrey Gibson, courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York; Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago; Roberts Projects, Los Angeles; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London

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Igshaan Adams
Vroeglig by die Voordeur, 2020
wood, plastic, and stone beads, wire, tumeric, tea, and fabric dye
overall: 226 x 190 cm (89 x 74 13/16 in.)
Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody

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Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Composition, c. 1918
graphite and body colors on paper
sheet: 31 x 25.6 cm (12 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
framed: 57.5 x 43.5 x 2.5 cm (22 5/8 x 17 1/8 x 1 in.)
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Donated by Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach, 1977
Publication only: © SIK-ISEA, Zürich (Jean-Pierre Kuhn)
Rights only: © SIK-ISEA, Zürich (Jean-Pierre Kuhn)
per ARS: © 2023 Stiftun Arp e.V., Berlin / Rolandswerth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Liz Collins
Heartbeat, 2019
silk and linen textile, jacquard woven and cut
overall with extended fringe: 190.5 x 152.4 cm (75 x 60 in.)
stretched fabric size: 152.4 x 152.4 cm (60 x 60 in.)
Lent by Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
© Liz Collins
Photo Credit: Joe Kramm

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Anni Albers
Epitaph, 1968
cotton, jute, and Lurex
framed: 149.9 x 58.4 cm (59 x 23 in.)
The Joseph and Anni Albers Foundation

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Agnes Martin
Untitled, 1960
oil on canvas
overall: 30.5 x 30.5 cm (12 x 12 in.)
Lent by Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Gift of the Bayard and Harriet K. Ewing Collection 1993.105.12

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Lenore Tawney
Vespers, 1961
linen
overall: 208.3 x 53.3 cm (82 x 21 in.)
Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

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Olga de Amaral
Cintas entrelazadas, c. 1969
wool and cotton
overall (top with rod): 134.62 x 58.42 cm (53 x 23 in.)
overall (bottom edge of the hanging pieces): 76.2 cm (30 in.)
Courtesy of the artist

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Sheila Hicks
Peluca Verde, 1960–1961
wool
overall: 150 x 60 cm (59 1/16 x 23 5/8 in.)
Sheila Hicks

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Shan Goshorn (Eastern Band of Cherokee)
Color of Conflicting Values, 2013
Arches watercolor paper printed with archival inks, acrylic paint, and gold foil
overall: 35.6 x 35.6 x 33 cm (14 x 14 x 13 in.)
Collection of Edward J. Guarino

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Ed Rossbach
Rag Basket, 1973
obliquely plaited commercial fabric and corrugated paper; with applied silk‐screened cotton plain weave
overall: 21.6 x 28.6 x 27.9 cm (8 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 11 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Daphne Farago Collection
Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Lillian Elliott
Swirl, 1983
reeds
47.3 x 59.1 x 47.6 cm (18 5/8 x 23 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Milton and Martha Dalitzky

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Valerie Jaudon
Jackson, 1976
metallic pigment in polymer emulsion and pencil on canvas
overall: 183.2 x 183.2 cm (72 1/8 x 72 1/8 in.)
framed: 185.4 x 185.4 x 6.4 cm (73 x 73 x 2 1/2 in.)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1977

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Aleksandr Rodchenko
Varvara Stepanova, 1924 (printed 1997)
gelatin silver print mounted on archival paper
image: 24.5 x 17.8 cm (9 5/8 x 7 in.)
sheet: 43.8 x 35.6 cm (17 1/4 x 14 in.)
Courtesy Howard Schickler

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Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction

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