Artist
Lenore Tawney (American, 1907–2007)American, 1907–2007
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Médecins Anciens
Date1966
MediumMixed media
Dimensions5 1/8 × 8 11/16 × 5 3/8 in. (13 × 22 × 13.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2022.182
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Exhibition History
Lenore Tawney, Willard Gallery, New York, 1967. Illustrated, exhibition brochure, n.p.
Lenore Tawney: An Exhibition of Weaving, Collage, Assemblage, University of California,
Fullerton, CA, 1975. Illustrated, Lenore Tawney, pg. 38.
Lenore Tawney: A Personal World, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT, 1978. Illustrated,
Lenore Tawney: A Personal World, n.p.
Lenore Tawney: A Retrospective, American Craft Museum, New York, NY 1990. Toured to Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1990; Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1991.
Illustrated, Lenore Tawney: A Retrospective, pgs. 116-117.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Interior: Inscribed in black ink on the top of each cork stopper
Back: Inscribed in black ink, bottom left corner: Bibliotheca Chemica [cursive]
Back: Inscribed in black ink, bottom left corner: Bibliotheca Chemica [cursive]
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