Elaine Reichek

Sampler (Kruger/Holzer)
1998

Framed artwork resembling a traditional sampler with two columns of cross-stitched text and symbols. The left column features alphabets in upper and lower case, numbers, and phrases like "A fool and his money are soon parted." The right column includes similar elements with the phrase "Do as you would be done by." Both columns contain references to artists Barbara Kruger and Jenny Holzer with dates 1987 and 1977 respectively. The piece combines elements of folk art with modern conceptual art references.

Framed artwork resembling a traditional sampler with two columns of cross-stitched text and symbols. The left column features alphabets in upper and lower case, numbers, and phrases like "A fool and his money are soon parted." The right column includes similar elements with the phrase "Do as you would be done by." Both columns contain references to artists Barbara Kruger and Jenny Holzer with dates 1987 and 1977 respectively. The piece combines elements of folk art with modern conceptual art references.

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Date
1998

Classification
Textiles

Medium
Hand embroidery on linen

Dimensions
Overall (sight): 28 5/16 × 19 3/4in. (71.9 × 50.2 cm)

Accession number
2019.372

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

Rights and reproductions
© Elaine Reichek

API
artworks/43473

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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