Artist
Olga de Amaral (Colombian, born 1932)Colombian, born 1932
CultureColombian
Titles
- Columna en Pasteles
- Column in Pastels
Date1972
MediumWool and horsehair
Dimensions118 1/8 × 78 3/4 in. (300 × 200 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2019.162
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Exhibition History"Olga de Amaral: Woven Entanglements (Marañas tejidas)," Brickell Gallery, Miami, June, 1974.
"Olga de Amaral," La Galeria, Quito, Ecuador, 1977.
"Olga de Amaral: To Weave a Rock," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 25–September 19, 2021; Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, October 30, 2021–March 27, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on leather tag: 96 - / 72 / "Columna en / pasetel" de Amaral
Signed on leather tag: de Amaral
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Dominic Di Mare
1998
Hawthorne wood, horsehair, raw silk, cotton thread, feathers, brass, and stone
2014.285.A,.B
