Collection Abakan 27

Abakan 27

Magdalena Abakanowicz Polish, 1930 - 2017
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Abakan 27
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About the Artwork

In this early work, the unruly, knotty weaving by Abakanowicz breaks the bounds of traditional tapestry making by departing from the flat-weave format. Similar to the expressionistic use of clay by Voulkos, she creates heavy, aggressively articulated, rough-surfaced, high relief, fiber sculptures. Sisal provides visual and tactile interest and its coarse, stiff quality contributes to the stability of the intuitively conceived fabric structures.

Abakan 27

1967

Magdalena Abakanowicz

1930 - 2017

Polish

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Sisal and linen

Overall: 57 3/8 × 71 3/4 × 5 3/4 inches (145.7 × 182.2 × 14.6 cm)

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Contemporary Art after 1950

Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen

80.17

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Jack Lenor Larsen;
1980-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Wall Hangings. Exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1969, pp. 4, 18 (ill.).

Constantine, M., and J.L. Larsen. Beyond Craft: The Art Fabric. New York, 1972, p. 85 (color ill.).

Bulletin of the DIA 58, no. 4 (1980): p. 247 (ill.).

Magdelena Abakanowicz. Exh. cat., Museum of Contempory Art. Chicago, 1982, no. 19 (ill.).

Dornberg, J. "One way to create fine art is to take the greatest risks." Smithsonian 16, no. 1 (April 1985): p. 113, (ill.).

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© Estate of Magdalena Abakanowicz, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York.

Magdalena Abakanowicz, Abakan 27, 1967, sisal and linen. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 80.17.

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