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Stretched
Anne Wilson (American, born in 1949)
American
1991
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Silk cocoons and hair, glass
Dimensions
Length x width: 46 x 30 cm (18 1/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Framed: 63.5 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm (25 x 19 x 1 in.)
Framed: 63.5 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm (25 x 19 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Camille and Alex Cook
Accession Number2016.502
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsFiber arts
Simultaneously dexterous with both technique and concept, Anne Wilson’s work with human hair probes history, memory, and domestic ritual. The title refers to the ways in which the artist has manipulated hair to form new miniscule, specimen-like environments on a flat plane, ready for our scrutiny.
Descriptionsmall panel made of hair and stretched silk cocoons, sandwiched between glass like a specimen case, Part of a diptych with "Teased"
ProvenanceNovember 2, 1991, sold by the Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL to Camille Cook, Western Springs, IL; 2016, gift of Cook to the MFA. (Accession date: September 28, 2016)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.