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Linen Lean-To

Designer Sheila Hicks American
designed 1967–68; executed 1985
Not on view
Sheila Hicks conceived this work after a winter trip to Normandy, France. She successfully recreated the effect of snow piled high on the rooftops by overlapping layers of tassels made from bleached linen thread to produce a luxuriantly thick, soft-white relief.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Linen Lean-To
  • Designer: Sheila Hicks (American, born Hastings, Nebraska, 1934)
  • Date: designed 1967–68; executed 1985
  • Medium: Linen
  • Dimensions: 59 1/8 × 82 3/4 × 6 in. (150.2 × 210.2 × 15.2 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.7
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Atelier Sheila Hicks
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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