Fairytale with Birds
Artist
Wilcke Smith
(1919 Memphis, Tennessee - 2015 Rio Rancho, New Mexico)
Date1919-2015
Mediumembroidery thread on velvet, carved wooden beads
DimensionsOverall: 18 3/8 × 14 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (46.7 × 36.2 × 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsTextile, Fiber Arts, & Beadwork
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation from the Lucia v.B. Batten Estate
Object numberPC2020.53.9
DescriptionAn embroidered composition with three abstracted trees in the bottom-right quadrant. They are depicted in orange, yellow and pink fabric and thread. In the upper half of composition is a blue circle filled with birds and fringed in green embroidery resembling the leaves of a tree.On View
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