Greetings from Albuquerque

Artist Richard Levy (born 1950)

Date2017

Mediumfelted, hand dyed, and hooked wool on linen

Dimensions35 1/2 × 47 in. (90.2 × 119.4 cm)

ClassificationsTextile, Fiber Arts, & Beadwork

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the artist

Object numberPC2018.44.1

DescriptionA colorful textile depicts figures and logos that are culturally quintessential to Albuquerque, New Mexico. The background is composed of the Rio Grande river, bosque forest, Sandia mountains and a wavy blue sky. Woven into the bottom of the textile is The Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul television show logos, the Isotopes and Dukes baseball logos, the Frontier Restaurant and a Route 66 sign. The middle of the textile reads, "Greetings from Albuquerque". Woven into the top of the textile is a roadrunner, a yellow hot air balloon with a red Zia symbol in the middle, red and green chiles, Sandia National Laboratories logo, UNM Lobos logo and the KIMO theater neon sign.

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