Elaine Reichek

Sampler (The Ultimate)
1996

A framed textile artwork with a central floral pattern surrounded by a geometric border. The top and bottom sections contain text referencing Bauhaus ideals and the role of women weavers in the Bauhaus weaving workshop, with quotes from Paul Klee and Georg Muche.

A framed textile artwork with a central floral pattern surrounded by a geometric border. The top and bottom sections contain text referencing Bauhaus ideals and the role of women weavers in the Bauhaus weaving workshop, with quotes from Paul Klee and Georg Muche.

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Date
1996

Classification
Textiles

Medium
Hand embroidery on linen

Dimensions
Overall (sight): 19 × 19in. (48.3 × 48.3 cm)

Accession number
2019.368

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Estate of Melva Bucksbaum

Rights and reproductions
© Elaine Reichek

API
artworks/43468

Exhibitions

Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019

Nov 22, 2019–Feb 20, 2022

Elaine Reichek
7 works in the collection

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