Art Institute of Chicago
Breakwater
Claire Zeisler · 1968
Provenance
Ownership history
- Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, by Sept. 1968 [Forms from Fiber 1968]; sold to A.H. Freiler, Gencoe, IL, 1968 [correspondence from A.H. Freiler, Oct. 21, 1968; incoming receipt RX6704, Oct. 23, 1968; copies in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1968.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Chicago, Richard Feigen Gallery, Claire Zeisler’s Forms from Fiber, Sept. 18–Oct. 19, 1968.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Selected Textile Acquisitions Since 1967, Nov. 1, 1972–Apr. 1, 1973.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Claire Zeisler-A Retrospective, Feb. 10–May 20, 1979, cat.
Literature
Published references
- Christa C. Mayer, "A Growing Collection of Contemporary Textiles," Calendar of The Art Institute of Chicago 46, no. 2 (Mar. 1970): 8-9, fig. 1 (ill.).
- Bernard Kester, "Ritual Forms of Claire Zeisler," Craft Horizons 39, no. 2 (April 1979): 58-59 (ill.)
- Christa C. Mayer Thurman, ed., Claire Zeisler–A Retrospective, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1979), 38–39, cat. 11 (ill.).
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