"Linen Lean-To" Tapestry Bas-Relief

Sheila Hicks

designed 1967–68; executed 1985 · Linen · Modern and Contemporary Art

"Linen Lean-To" Tapestry Bas-Relief — Sheila Hicks

Sheila Hicks conceived this work after a winter trip to Normandy, France. She successfully recreated the effect of snow piled high on the rooftops by overlapping layers of tassels made from bleached linen thread to produce a luxuriantly thick, soft-white relief.

Artist
Sheila Hicks
Date
designed 1967–68; executed 1985
Medium
Linen
Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Credit line
Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1986
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