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Lenore Tawney

1965 Modernist Fiber Art Wall Sculpture From the Collection of Paul J. Smith
1965 Modernist Fiber Art Wall Sculpture From the Collection of Paul J. Smith

1965 Modernist Fiber Art Wall Sculpture From the Collection of Paul J. Smith

By (after) Gustav Klimt

Located in Morristown, NJ

Craft school alumna/alumnus, perhaps under influential fiber artists such as Lenore Tawney, Dorothy Liebes, or Ed Rossbach, who encouraged innovative uses of silk and relief stitchin...

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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Photo Of Pedro Friedeberg Hand Chair Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph
Photo Of Pedro Friedeberg Hand Chair Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph

Photo Of Pedro Friedeberg Hand Chair Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph

By Naomi Savage

Located in Surfside, FL

It shone a spotlight on the stunning achievements of women artists between the end of World War II (1945) and by Lee Krasner, Helen Frankenthaler, and Joan Mitchell; the radical geom...

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Great Women Sculptors
Great Women Sculptors

Great Women Sculptors

Located in New York, NY

.; Marcelle Renée Lancelot-Croce; Artis Lane; Greer Lankton; Liz Larner; Lee Bul; Marie-Louise Lefèvre-Deumier; Simone Leigh; Jac Leirner; Sherrie Levine; Hannah Levy; Edmonia Lewis;...

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2010s Chinese Books

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Toshiko Takaezu: Hawaiian Colors Moon Pot w/ Rattle

Toshiko Takaezu: Hawaiian Colors Moon Pot w/ Rattle

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H 9.5 in D 4.75 in Dm 4.75 in

Toshiko Takaezu: Hawaiian Colors Moon Pot w/ Rattle

By Toshiko Takaezu

Located in Berkeley, CA

Studied at Cranbrook art academy under Maija Grotell, Toshiko was colleagues with Harry Bertoia, Jack Lenor Larson, and Lenore Tawney. This is one of her classic closed forms with a...

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American Ceramics

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Toshiko Takaezu Pair of Closed Forms

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H 5 in W 10 in D 18 in

Toshiko Takaezu Pair of Closed Forms

By Toshiko Takaezu

Located in Berkeley, CA

A close colleague of Lenore Tawney, Georgia O'Keefe and Isamu Noguchi, Ms.

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Materials

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Toshiko Takaezu Porcelain Closed Form Pot
Toshiko Takaezu Porcelain Closed Form Pot

Toshiko Takaezu Porcelain Closed Form Pot

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Toshiko Takaezu Porcelain Closed Form Pot

By Toshiko Takaezu

Located in Berkeley, CA

A close colleague of Lenore Tawney, Georgia O'Keefe and Isamu Noguchi, Ms.

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Late 20th Century American Sculptures

From The Terrace  ( Via Dei Serpenti, 90, Roma)
From The Terrace  ( Via Dei Serpenti, 90, Roma)

From The Terrace ( Via Dei Serpenti, 90, Roma)

By Fred Mitchell

Located in Lawrence, NY

Mitchell was the first to discover Coenties Slip, but other artists soon followed him, including Agnes Martin, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Indiana, Lenore Tawney, Charles Hinman and Jack...

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Photo Of Pedro Friedeberg Hand Chair Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph
Photo Of Pedro Friedeberg Hand Chair Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph

Photo Of Pedro Friedeberg Hand Chair Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph

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Jon B. Wahling Fiber Wall Art Woven On a Welded Steel Armature, 1970s Commission
Jon B. Wahling Fiber Wall Art Woven On a Welded Steel Armature, 1970s Commission

Jon B. Wahling Fiber Wall Art Woven On a Welded Steel Armature, 1970s Commission

By Jon B. Wahling

Located in Camden, ME

Wahling (1938 - 2020) similar to Sheila Hicks or Lenore Tawney. "Wahling was dominating the fiber scene in the U.S. by the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Late 20th Century American American Craftsman Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wool, Angora, Hemp

1982 Kathy Merten Hand-Woven Wool Wall Tapestry Abstract Modern Art Textile
1982 Kathy Merten Hand-Woven Wool Wall Tapestry Abstract Modern Art Textile

1982 Kathy Merten Hand-Woven Wool Wall Tapestry Abstract Modern Art Textile

By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman

Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA

The work exemplifies the late-20th-century American studio craft movement, aligning aesthetically with the textile explorations of Sheila Hicks, Olga de Amaral, and Lenore Tawney. Th...

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Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Tapestries

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Ellsworth Kelly -  Original Lithograph
Ellsworth Kelly -  Original Lithograph

Ellsworth Kelly - Original Lithograph

By Ellsworth Kelly

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Kelly returned to the United States in 1954, living first in a studio apartment on Broad Street, New York, and then at Coenties Slip in lower Manhattan, where his neighbors would thr...

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1970s Abstract Geometric Figurative Prints

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Colored Paper Image XX (Brown Square with Blue)
Colored Paper Image XX (Brown Square with Blue)

Colored Paper Image XX (Brown Square with Blue)

By Ellsworth Kelly

Located in Missouri, MO

After six formative years in Paris, Kelly returned to the United States in 1954, living first in a studio apartment on Broad Street, and then at Coenties Slip in lower Manhattan, whe...

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1970s American Modern Abstract Prints

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Desert Flower, Mexico
Desert Flower, Mexico

Eve PeriDesert Flower, Mexico, c.1930s

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H 20 in W 14 in D 2 in

Desert Flower, Mexico

By Eve Peri

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Artists represented include Hannelore Baron, Lee Bontecou, Nancy Grossman, Eve Peri, Anne Ryan, Betye Saar, Lenore Tawney. Michael Rosenfeld Gallery: The First Decade, Celebrating...

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Rooster ( Mexico embroidery fabric art)
Rooster ( Mexico embroidery fabric art)

Rooster ( Mexico embroidery fabric art)

By Eve Peri

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Artists represented include Hannelore Baron, Lee Bontecou, Nancy Grossman, Eve Peri, Anne Ryan, Betye Saar, Lenore Tawney. Michael Rosenfeld Gallery: The First Decade, Celebrating 1...

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Hand-Woven Textile, "Sorcerer, " California, circa 1965
Hand-Woven Textile, "Sorcerer, " California, circa 1965

Hand-Woven Textile, "Sorcerer, " California, circa 1965

Located in Los Angeles, CA

In the manner of early Lenore Tawney and Magdalena Abakanowicz, well crafted, and dramatic in it's scale and attitude.

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Vintage 1960s American American Craftsman Tapestries

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