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Description: Spatial Element (Élément Spatial)

TitleSpatial Element (Élément Spatial)

Creator nameGiauque, Elsi

Creator nationality/cultureSwiss

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1979

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsLinen, silk, wool, and metal, 20 frames

LocationMuseum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsWomen artistsTextile design, AbstractSculpture, Swiss--20th century

StatusInstallation view of the exhibition Fiber: Sculpture 1960–Present, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 2014–2015

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2. Weaving

Mónica Amor

Gego: Weaving the Space in Between

In April 1970, on stationery stamped with her name in elongated letters, Gego retyped questions posed by curators Mildred Constantine and Jack Lenor Larsen in the context of research...

Author

Mónica Amor

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.73-143

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-31668&redirecttoanchor=106040

Chapter subject tags:Gego, 1912-1994Gego. Reticulárea (1969)Art, Latin American--20th centuryWall hangings--Latin America--20th centuryFiberwork--Latin America--20th centuryAlbers, AnniAmaral, Olga deBauhausLatin American women artists--20th century

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