Working Sketch for Weaving with Wool Samples (Birches Variation)
Artist
Joan Weissman
(born 1951 Los Angeles, California; lives Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date2002
Mediumgouache on paper
Dimensionssheet: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings, Pastels & Watercolors
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the artist
Object numberPC2021.15.9
DescriptionA gouache study for a weaving collaboration. The background is green at the top and bottom, followed by thin stripes of yellow and at the center is an opaque red square. Thin white lines with dark horizontal stripes run vertically through the composition and weave through the the background colors. At the center of the composition is a orange square layered over a yellow square scattered green birch leaves. On the left side of the sheet is a swatch of colors and tufts of wool and silk material that will be used in the needlepoint tapestry.On View
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