id: 172354 accession number: 2014.712 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.712 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:45.154000 Root of Itself, 1967. Lenore Tawney (American, 1907–2007). Paper, German text, quail eggshell; overall: 24.1 x 21 x 3.2 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.); mounted: 33.7 x 28.3 x 5.1 cm (13 1/4 x 11 1/8 x 2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Camille and Alex Cook 2014.712 © Lenore G. Tawney Foundation title: Root of Itself title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1967 creation date earliest: 1967 creation date latest: 1967 current location: 224A Contemporary Corridor creditline: Gift of Camille and Alex Cook copyright: © Lenore G. Tawney Foundation --- culture: America, 20th century technique: Paper, German text, quail eggshell department: Textiles collection: T - Contemporary Fiber Art type: Textile 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: 24.1 x 21 x 3.2 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.); Mounted: 33.7 x 28.3 x 5.1 cm (13 1/4 x 11 1/8 x 2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: recto in graphite: date "Oct 10-11-67" artist initials translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Camille and Alex Cook date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Park, Betty. "Fiber Art: An Uncommon Thread." Fiberarts, March/April 1982. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press LLC. page number: p. 78-79 url: Tawney, Lenore, Kathleen Nugent Mangan, and George Erml. Lenore Tawney: A Retrospective : American Craft Museum, New York. New York: Rizzoli, 1990. page number: url: WIlson, Anne. "A Plea for Broader Dialogue." Fiberarts, Summer 1994. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press LLC. page number: p. 52-56 url: Stein, Judith E. "The Inventive Genius of Lenore Tawney." Fiberarts, September 1995, Vol. 24, no. 2. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press LLC. page number: p. 28-34 url: Kingsley, April. "Unraveling the weave." Fiberarts, March / April 1995, Vol. 21, Loveland, CO: Interweave Press LLC. page number: p.45-51 url: Russell, Carol. "An Emissary for American Artists." Fiberarts, November 1996. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press LLC. page number: p. 48-53 url: --- IMAGES