id:			163290
accession number:	2004.144
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.144
updated:		2022-01-04 17:34:17.437000

Cubes for M.C. 2004, 2004. James Bassler (American, 1933-). Tapestry and scaffold weaves; waxed linen; wood; overall: 9.5 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm (3 3/4 x 8 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mildred Constantine 2004.144

title:				Cubes for M.C. 2004
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creation date:			2004
creation date earliest:		2004
creation date latest:		2004
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creditline:			Gift of Mildred Constantine
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culture:	America, 21st century
technique:	Tapestry and scaffold weaves; waxed linen; wood
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Contemporary Fiber Art
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

* James Bassler (American, 1933-)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 9.5 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm (3 3/4 x 8 x 8 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscribed in ink on the inside of a checkered-board beam: Jim Bassler 2004, Cubes For M.C.


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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Exhibited in a one man show of work by James Bassler, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, summer 2004. Thereafter sent to Mildred Constantine who sent it to CMA.

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PROVENANCE

	Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Mildred Constantine
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The Los Angeles artist Jim Bassler made these hollow cubes to celebrate the 90th birthday of Mildred Constantine, the pioneering fiber-art author who has generously donated over 100 small works in fiber to the Cleveland Museum of Art. The cubes are arranged to show the number 90 and can be rotated to form other numbers or letters as Bassler illustrates on the card "CC" (Connie Constantine as Mildred is called) and "JS" (for the artist Jane Sauer).

The cubes were inspired by digital clocks. Bassler realized he could weave cubes that could be rotated
to advance numbers by using tapestry and scaffold weaves (without any cut edges), a technique he studied in ancient Peruvian textiles, thereby combining the old and the new. Some cubes have
brilliant colors underneath to reveal "surprises."
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