ca. 1999 - 2000
Stitched fabric; cut pieces of hand-woven, vegetable-dyed silk damask in various colors sewn togther to form a fiber-art composition; attached by the artist to a silk backing
H. 54 x W. 54 cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.)
[Lea R. Sneider, New York, (by 2003)], sold; to Robert D. Mowry, Brookline, MA (2003-2020), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.
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