Lady with a Hat

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Lady with a Hat

1966

Made during Krystyna Wojtyna-Drouet’s early career as a fiber artist, Lady with a Hat is characteristic of the artist’s unique representational tapestries. Starting with a rough sketch, Wojtyna-Drouet uses warp (lengthwise) yarns and weft (widthwise) yarns to build a substructure that serves as the foundation for her tapestry directly on the loom. Weaving subtle details, incorporating color, and creating texture, she uses the loom as a painter uses an easel. Constructed of purely geometric forms, Lady with a Hat is expressive, lively, and intimate.

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Object Details

Title:

Lady with a Hat

Date:

1966

Artist:

Medium:

Linen warps, wool, jute, and linen wefts

Dimensions:

60 1/2 × 35 1/2 inches (153.7 × 90.2 cm)

Classification:

Fiber Art

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barry R. Peril, 1967

Accession Number:

1967-269-16

Geography:

Made in Poland, Europe

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