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Poppies
1978
Helena Hernmarck
Helena Hernmarck (Swedish, 1941-)
Textiles
Poppies, 1978. Helena Hernmarck (Swedish, 1941-). Tapestry weave with weft-bundle floats; wool, silk and metal thread; overall: 343 x 598 cm (135 1/16 x 235 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Trammell Crow Family 2010.186 © Helena Hernmarck
- Maker/Artist
- Hernmarck, Helena
- Classification
- Tapestry
- Formatted Medium
- tapestry weave with weft-bundle floats; wool, silk and metal thread
- Dimensions
- Overall: 343 x 598 cm (135 1/16 x 235 7/16 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 2010.186
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Trammell Crow Family
- Exhibitions
- In Our Nature: Tapestries of Helena Hernmarck, Helena Hernmarck's tapestries are in numerous museum collections and have been frequently shown in group and one-person exhibitions. The latter include: Museum of Modern Art, NYC (1973); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1974); The Danish Museum of Decorative Arts, Copenhagen (1977); The Public Library, Birmingham, AL (1986); Galleri Osterdahl, Stockholm (1988 & 1992); American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia (1990); LongHouse Foundation, East Hampton, NY (1997), New Britain Museum of American Art, CT (1997); Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC (1999); Prince Eugen's Waldemarsudde, Stockholm (1999) which attracted 65,000 visitors and caused Stockholm to pressure Hernmarck for a gift of Poppies.<br><br>American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis (6/30/2012 - 10/14/2012): "In Our Nature: Tapestries of Helena Hernmarck"
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted undefined
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