id: 150412 accession number: 1981.195.2 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.195.2 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:47.353000 Envelope, 1979. Lenore Tawney (American, 1907–2007). Pen and black ink and collage; overall: 9 x 16.5 cm (3 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katharine Kuh 1981.195.2 © Lenore G. Tawney Foundation title: Envelope title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1979 creation date earliest: 1979 creation date latest: 1979 current location: creditline: Gift of Katharine Kuh copyright: © Lenore G. Tawney Foundation --- culture: America, 20th century technique: pen and black ink 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: Overall: 9 x 16.5 cm (3 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES