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Textile Installation Titled Eye by Detroit Fiber Artist Jane Knight 1970s

$18,500List Price

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A textile Installation titled 'Eye' comprised of 21 wool-wrapped jute elements by fiber artist Jane Knight 1928-2013. Signed with embossed copper studio plate. Acquired directly from the private collection of the Knight family's private collection. Executed in the 1970s. This example is a beautiful abstract form with a neutral background and accents of jewel tones. Jane Knight (1928-2013) was born in Grosse Pointe and received her BFA from the University of Michigan in 1951. After graduation, she worked as the Art Director for the Detroit-based luxury department store JL Hudsons and designed for the Cranbrook Theater School. Due to her husband's employment at Eero Saarinen and Associates, she was embraced by a community of cutting-edge designers and architects at the epicenter of the modernism movement and was personal friends of Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, Alexander Girard, and George Nelson to name a few. Jane was an avid traveler who always viewed the world magically with her creative eye. As an art collector herself, she highly regarded the work of Alexander Caler and Henri Matisse. Throughout her career, she created numerous freestanding, wall-mounted, and suspended fiber art sculptures for countless interior environments. Her artwork has been featured in books on fiber design, exhibited in galleries in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York, and is included in several corporate collections including Borge Warner and Chrysler. Jane's body of work is a product of her perpetual need to create art and a constant conviction that one's home should be a continual environmental stimulus. Her wall hangings, which are considered to be her most important works, are comprised of brightly colored woolen strands encapsulating heavy lengths of jute fibers. These captivating works of art epitomize the vibrancy and textural exuberance characteristic of the fiber art movement throughout the 1960s and 70s. Many of these three-dimensional textile works were recently discovered in storage and have not been displayed since they were originally presented at the San Francisco Galleria Design Center Exposition "Art Fabric '77: The Contemporary American Tapestry". Other important pieces are available.

Creator:
Jane Knight (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 39.5 in (100.33 cm)Width: 49 in (124.46 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Jute,Hand-Knotted
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1975
Condition:
Condition is excellent.
Seller Location:
Dallas, TX
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU878512749091

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