The Dancers
INV-3569textileweaving
Date
1969
Medium
Wool, polyester and metalized polyester film, felted; cotton machine embroidery
Dimensions
108.2 × 137.4 cm (42 5/8 × 54 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Tiffany Blake in honor of Margaret W. Farwell
The design of this textile conjures a vision of dancers prancing across a stage with its curling wisps of soft black and white fibers paired with ethereal pink and gray forms. The title of the work, coupled with the fluid and intersecting forms, suggest bodies engaged in practiced and choreographed movement.