Boundary

1989

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When Norma Minkowitz was a child, her mother taught her to crochet. She translated this "women's work" into the primary technique of her sculpture and has continued to investigate the notion of containment. Most of her early pieces were baskets or boxes—containers that retained and questioned the outside/ inside emphasized by her suggestive titles.

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Title: Boundary
Designer: Norma Minkowitz (American, born New York, 1937)
Date: 1989
Medium: Fiber, paint, graphite, shellac
Dimensions: 13 in. × 12 1/2 in. × 12 1/2 in. (33 × 31.8 × 31.8 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Miscellaneous
Credit Line: Gift of Barbara S. Rosenthal and Kenneth W. Juster, 2002
Object Number: 2002.584.2
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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