id: 150388 accession number: 1981.179 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.179 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:47.232000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1970s creation date earliest: 1975 creation date latest: 1979 current location: creditline: Gift of Katharine Kuh copyright: © Lenore G. Tawney Foundation --- culture: America, 20th century technique: pen and black and red ink and pencil and collage department: Drawings collection: DR - American 20th Century type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- 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. --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: postcard watermarks: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1981 opening date: 1982-02-17T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982). title: America Draws opening date: 1984-12-28T05:00:00 America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985). title: Stories From Storage opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00 Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Lenore Tawney (the artist) [1907-1997] date: late 1970s footnotes: citations: Katharine Kuh [1904-1994] date: Late 1970s-1982 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: March 8, 1982 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1981.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 69, no. 2 (1982) page number: p. 82, no. 116 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159758. --- IMAGES