Sheila Hicks
Sheila Hicks
Tapisseries du Vent, 1973
Synthetic raffia weaving
56 H x 34 x 6 inches
142.2 H x 86.4 x 15.2 cm
Signed en verso
(SH3331)
Hicks designed the weaving at the request of Boulogne-Billancourt Carmelite Convent near Paris. The nuns there then produced the hanging.
Provenance:
Howard Ellington, Wichita, Kansas, acquired directly from the Artist, 1977;
The Ellington Estate.
Exhibited:
Nantes, France, Musée des arts décoratifs, Sheila Hicks, November 10, 1973 - January 7, 1974, no. 26-47. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Sheila Hicks, February 9 - April 7, 1974, 22-23. Rennes, France, Maison de la culture de Rennes, Sheila Hicks, Tapisserie mise en liberté, May, 13 - June 12, 1976, p. 15. Galerie Suzy Langlois, Paris.
Literature:
Rita Reif, "Sheila Hicks: Unusual Weaver," New York Times, May 17, 1974, page 34. L'oeil, June 1974, p. xxv. Eleanor C. Munro, Originals: American Women Artists, 1982, p. 363.
