Artist
Mary Merkel-Hess (American, born 1949)American, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Blue Fan
Date2000
MediumReeds and paper
DimensionsOverall: 32 × 36 × 17in. (81.3 × 91.4 × 43.2cm)
Credit LineGift of Carol Straus
Object number2005.1579
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "The Art of Contemporary Fiber: Highlights from the Carol Straus Collection", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 6 - August 5, 2001.
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1895–1905
Woven split spruce root and dyed reeds
Former listed medium: Spruce-root and other plant fibers
78.154
1898–1902
Woven split spruce root and dyed reeds
Former listed medium: Spruce-root and other plant fibers
78.157
Billie Ruth Sudduth
2001
European-cut reed splints, iron oxide, and crushed walnut hull dye
2009.1165
Bruce Metcalf
1980
Brooch: Plexiglas, brass, copper wire, and papyrus reeds
Stand: wood and brass
2002.3959.A,.B
