id:			163672
accession number:	2005.146
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.146
updated:		2025-02-09 06:00:18.522000

Sand Storm, 2005. Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson (American, b. Iceland, 1963). Warp-faced plain weave; painted with dye before weaving; silk; unframed: 197.2 x 102 cm (77 5/8 x 40 3/16 in.); mounted: 201.3 x 106.5 cm (79 1/4 x 41 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Robert A. Mann Fund 2005.146 © Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson

title:				Sand Storm
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creation date:			2005
creation date earliest:		2005
creation date latest:		2005
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creditline:			Robert A. Mann Fund
copyright:			© Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson

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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	warp-faced plain weave; painted with dye before weaving; silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Contemporary Fiber Art
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

* Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson (American, b. Iceland, 1963)  - artist
A native of Iceland, Hildur Jónsson has held solo shows in Reykjavik, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, and FAVA (Firelands Association for the Visual Arts) Gallery in Oberlin. She has been invited to exhibit her drawings and weavings in Barcelona, Paris, and Rouen. She has received three awards from the Ohio Arts Council and her work is represented in private collections and the collections of the National City Bank, Progressive Corporation, and University Hospitals, Cleveland. Most recently, the Ohio Arts Council commissioned her to design the Governor's Annual Awards in the Arts, and her embroideries were presented to winners of the 2004 awards. Jónsson studied architecture at Kent State University, attended the Cleveland Institute of Art, and received a BFA and MFA from Kent State.
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measurements: Unframed: 197.2 x 102 cm (77 5/8 x 40 3/16 in.); Mounted: 201.3 x 106.5 cm (79 1/4 x 41 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		In Honor of The Cleveland Arts Prize
	opening date:   2010-06-13T00:00:00
	<i>In Honor of The Cleveland Arts Prize</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 13, 2010-March 13, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'The NEO Show. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 12, 2004-April 11, 2005).', 'opening_date': '2004-12-12T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 228), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH. August 12, 2013-August 4, 2014.', 'opening_date': '2013-08-12T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Northeast Ohio Artists exhibition, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2005
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2005–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Farver, Jane, Louis Grachos, and Jeffrey D. Grove. The NEO Show: A Juried Exhibition of Artists of Northeast Ohio. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005.
	page number: 	no. 46, p. 106-7, 178
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