id:			170426
accession number:	2012.49.7
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.49.7
updated:		2023-08-24 00:56:47.803000

Escargots (7), 2003–4. Sheila Hicks (American, b. 1934). Industrial-weight linen, dyed, wrapped around flat strips of cork; coiled: 10.5 x 61 x 61.6 cm (4 1/8 x 24 x 24 1/4 in.); uncoiled: 10.5 x 2311.4 x 0.6 cm (4 1/8 x 910 x 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Melvin Bedrick 2012.49.7

title:				Escargots (7)
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creation date:			2003–4
creation date earliest:		2003
creation date latest:		2004
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creditline:			Gift of Melvin Bedrick
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culture:	America, 21st century
technique:	industrial-weight linen, dyed, wrapped around flat strips of cork
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Contemporary Fiber Art
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

* Sheila Hicks (American, b. 1934)  - artist

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measurements: Coiled: 10.5 x 61 x 61.6 cm (4 1/8 x 24 x 24 1/4 in.); Uncoiled: 10.5 x 2311.4 x 0.6 cm (4 1/8 x 910 x 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Sheila Hicks: Material Voices
	opening date:   2016-06-05T00:00:00
	<i>Sheila Hicks: Material Voices</i>. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (organizer) (June 5-September 4, 2016).

	title:		Contemporary Art Rotation - Spring 2022
	opening date:   2022-04-01T04:00:00
	<i>Contemporary Art Rotation - Spring 2022</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1-September 25, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (6/5/2016 - 9/4/2016):  "Sheila Hicks: Material Voices"

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of the artist
	date: 2003–2012
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	Melvin Bedrick, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2012
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2012–
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CITATIONS

	Simon, Joan, Sheila Hicks, Susan C. Faxon, and Whitney Chadwick. Sheila Hicks: 50 Years. Andover, Mass: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, 2010.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  dustjacket
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