Dorothy Hughes (American, born 1936)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Untitled Hanging
INV-1077
Dorothy Hughes (American, born 1936)
Chicago, Illinois, United States1981
textileweaving
Date
1981
Medium
Linen, wool and nylon, strips of plain weave and strips of slit tapestry weave
Dimensions
Approx.: 182.9 × 243.8 cm (72 × 96 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by the Textile Society and royalties from The Warner Fund; Illinois Arts Council Partners in Purchase Grant
Chicago-based artist Dorothy Hughes creates what she calls “sculptural tapestry . . . drawn from the complex order of contrasts and harmony found within the life of natural forms.” Here, Hughes overlapped 37 woven strips to create a textural composition, clustering them together and even threading them through each other, resulting in deep shadows. The coarse weave that results conveys an earthy solidity that is echoed in Hughes’s shades of brown.