id:			150388
accession number:	1981.179
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.179
updated:		2025-02-15 12:46:39.330000

Egg and Brancusi, late 1970s. Lenore Tawney (American, 1907–2007). Pen and black and red ink and pencil and collage; image: 15.1 x 10 cm (5 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.); sheet: 15.1 x 10 cm (5 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katharine Kuh 1981.179 © Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

title:				Egg and Brancusi
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creation date:			late 1970s
creation date earliest:		1975
creation date latest:		1979
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creditline:			Gift of Katharine Kuh
copyright:			© Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

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culture:	America
technique:	pen and black and red ink and pencil and collage
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 20th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Lenore Tawney (American, 1907–2007)  - artist
Tawney was born Leonora Agnes Gallagher in Lorain, Ohio, in 1907. She studied drawing, sculpture, and weaving with well-known artists at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana (1943-45), the Institute of Design in Chicago (1946-48), and at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina where she became a weaver (1954). Throughout her prolific career, Tawney has had numerous one-person exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions, including the renowned landmark international Fiberworks at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1977. Her work is represented in many major museums, including four pieces in the Cleveland Museum of Art, and she has received numerous awards, including the American Craft Council's Gold Medal in 1987. Tawney's "flag" is one of the highlights of the museum's contemporary fiber art collection, which includes about 100 works.
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measurements: Image: 15.1 x 10 cm (5 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 15.1 x 10 cm (5 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1981
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1981</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

	title:		America Draws
	opening date:   1984-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>America Draws</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).

	title:		Stories from Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-06T05:00:00
	<i>Stories from Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Lenore Tawney (the artist) [1907-1997]
	date: late 1970s
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	Katharine Kuh [1904-1994]
	date: Late 1970s-1982
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 8, 1982
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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1981.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 69, no. 2 (1982)
	page number: 	p. 82, no. 116
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159758.

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