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Michael Olszewski

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Artist
Michael Olszewski
Date
2004
Medium
Two panels: linen, cotton, silk, nylon, polyester, leaf fiber (probably abaca), wool, ramie, synthetic foam, and paper; crochet variations, running stitches and knotting; blocked
Materials
paper (fiber product), silk (fiber)
Dimensions
48 × 88.6 × 5.1 cm (18 7/8 × 34 7/8 × 2 in.)
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by the Textile Society and Nicole Williams Contemporary Textile Fund

Exhibition history

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Dispersions (no. 20)

Anne Wilson · 2013

Linen, satin damask weave, embroidered with cotton, polyester, and/or silk, and human hair

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Facing Touch

Facing Touch

Lia Cook · 2011

Cotton and rayon, weaving on digital hand loom

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Dispersions (no. 22)

Dispersions (no. 22)

Anne Wilson · 2013

Linen, satin damask weave, embroidered with cotton, polyester, and/or silk, and human hair

Art Institute of Chicago

The Clearing

The Clearing

Michael Olszewski · 2008

Silk and paper, crochet and crochet variations; appliquéd with silk, plain weaves, some printed, dyed, hole-punched, and discharge dyed and appliquéd with silk, ribbon; embroidered with silk; metal wire wrapped with silk; blocked

Art Institute of Chicago

Student Notebook Containing Notes, Diagrams and Swatches

Student Notebook Containing Notes, Diagrams and Swatches

Alfred Fehr · c. 1898–1900

Bound notebook of technical notes and weave samples: fabrics for clothing and mixed goods, ribbed and twill cottons, and jacquard; 176 pages

Art Institute of Chicago

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Work Box

Work Box

Claire Zeisler · 1960s-70s

Plastic box containing metal needles of various sizes; ball-head pins; sewing needle; ball head knitting needles; wire thread guides; cotton floss wrapped wooden dowels; knitting needle with glass beads, jute balls wrapped in cotton in simple loop stitch; knitting needle with jute ball wrapped in cotton in simple loop stitches and wrapped with cotton floss; bast fiber coils ("slinky") sample fragments; bast fiber coil ("slinky") sample fragment wrapped in wool; cluster of cotton coils

Art Institute of Chicago

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Michael Olszewski, Fields, 2004, Two panels: linen, cotton, silk, nylon, polyester, leaf fiber (probably abaca), wool, ramie, synthetic foam, and paper; crochet variations, running stitches and knotting; blocked, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

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Purchased with funds provided by the Textile Society and Nicole Williams Contemporary Textile Fund

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Silk, plain weave, pleated; appliquéd with layers of silk, plain weaves, some resist dyed, some printed, some dyed; embroidered with silk; blocked

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