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.
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New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Modern Tapestries: 1960–1986," April 23–October 13, 1996, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "A Century of Design, Part III: 1950–1975," November 28, 2000–April 1, 2001, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "One of a Kind: The Studio Craft Movement," December 22, 2006–December 2, 2007, no catalogue.
Andover, Mass. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy. "Sheila Hicks: 50 Years," November 5, 2010–February 27, 2011, unnumbered cat. (p. 65, as "Linen Lean-to").
Philadelphia. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. "Sheila Hicks: 50 Years," March 25–August 7, 2011, unnumbered cat.
Charlotte, N.C. Mint Museum of Craft and Design. "Sheila Hicks: 50 Years," October 1, 2011–January 29, 2012, unnumbered cat.
Martin Filler inHigh Styles: Twentieth-Century American Design. Exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art. New York, [1985], pp. 185–86, fig. 5.23 (color, installation photo, Georg Jensen showroom, New York, ca. 1968), discusses "Pony Tail Forest Wall Hanging," a larger series created for the Georg Jensen showroom, for which this work was originally designed.
Amelia Peck in "Twentieth Century Art." Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 1985–1986. New York, 1986, p. 69, ill., calls it "Linen Lean-to".
Joyce Tognini. "Contemporary Craft at the Met." American Craft 47 (April/May 1987), p. 54.
Grace Glueck. "Design Review: From Curvy Organic Shapes to Hip and Playful Pop." New York Times (December 1, 2000), p. E36, calls it "Linen Lean-To" and dates it 1967–68.
Joan Simon and Susan C. Faxon. Sheila Hicks: 50 Years. Exh. cat., Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. New Haven, 2010, pp. 36, 235, ill. p. 65 (color).
Iria Candela and Joanne Pillsbury. Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 81 (Fall 2023), ill. inside back cover (color detail).
Thomas Hart Benton (American, Neosho, Missouri 1889–1975 Kansas City, Missouri)
1930–31
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