id:			168362
accession number:	2010.186
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.186
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:41.690000

Poppies, 1978. Helena Hernmarck (Swedish, 1941-). Tapestry weave with weft-bundle floats; wool, silk and metal thread; overall: 343 x 598 cm (135 1/16 x 235 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Trammell Crow Family 2010.186 © Helena Hernmarck 

title:				Poppies
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creation date:			1978
creation date earliest:		1978
creation date latest:		1978
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creditline:			Gift of the Trammell Crow Family
copyright:			© Helena Hernmarck 

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culture:	Sweden, Stockholm, 20th century
technique:	tapestry weave with weft-bundle floats; wool, silk and metal thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Contemporary Fiber Art
type:		Tapestry
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CREATORS

* Helena Hernmarck (Swedish, 1941-)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 343 x 598 cm (135 1/16 x 235 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		In Our Nature: Tapestries of Helena Hernmarck
	opening date:   2012-06-30T00:00:00
	<i>In Our Nature: Tapestries of Helena Hernmarck</i>. American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (June 30-October 14, 2012).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Helena Hernmarck's tapestries are in numerous museum collections and have been frequently shown in group and one-person exhibitions. The latter include: Museum of Modern Art, NYC (1973); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1974); The Danish Museum of Decorative Arts, Copenhagen (1977); The Public Library, Birmingham, AL (1986); Galleri Osterdahl, Stockholm (1988 &amp; 1992); American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia (1990); LongHouse Foundation, East Hampton, NY (1997), New Britain Museum of American Art, CT (1997); Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC (1999);  Prince Eugen's Waldemarsudde, Stockholm (1999) which attracted 65,000 visitors and caused Stockholm to pressure Hernmarck for a gift of Poppies.<br><br>American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis (6/30/2012 - 10/14/2012):  "In Our Nature: Tapestries of Helena Hernmarck"

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