id: 150423 accession number: 1981.202 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.202 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:47.413000 Eskimo with Envelope, 1981. Lenore Tawney (American, 1907–2007). Pen and black ink and pencil and collage; overall: 23 x 29.9 cm (9 1/16 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katharine Kuh 1981.202 © Lenore G. Tawney Foundation title: Eskimo with Envelope title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1981 creation date earliest: 1981 creation date latest: 1981 current location: creditline: Gift of Katharine Kuh copyright: © Lenore G. Tawney Foundation --- culture: America, 20th century technique: pen and black 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: Overall: 23 x 29.9 cm (9 1/16 x 11 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: 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: 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: 1981 footnotes: citations: Katharine Kuh [1904-1994] date: 1981-82 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: March 8, 1982 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES