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Overall, front
Neckpiece
Overall, front
ArtistAmerican, born 1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Neckpiece
Date1973
MediumTextile, baffling, and second-hand thread
Dimensions21 5/16 × 15 3/16 × 1 1/8 in. (54.1 × 38.6 × 2.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jas Gundry and Jerry Ann Woodfin by exchange
Object number2022.478
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; Robert L. Pfannebecker, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; [Freeman's, Modern and Contemporary Craft: Selections from the Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection, November 18, 2022, Lot 162]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryNA
Published References None. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Back: Signature and date stitched in tan thread, center: HELEN BiTAR '73
Back: Signature stitched in tan thread, center: HELEN BiTAR
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Catalogue raisonnéNA

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