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Catalogue
- Year
- 1986
- Dimensions
- 233.8 × 110 cm (92 × 43 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Helena Hernmarck
Artist
Textile
Helena Hernmarck is a Swedish textile artist and weaver whose large-scale tapestries combine traditional handweaving techniques with modernist abstraction. Working primarily in wool and linen, she creates monumental woven compositions that treat the loom as a sculptural tool, generating complex surface effects through color, texture, and dimensional form. Her practice bridges postwar craft revival and contemporary art, positioning tapestry as a medium capable of architectural and conceptual ambition.
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Winter Pond (Study)
1996 · Wool, linen, and cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts
Winter Mist (Chicago Skyline Study)
1996 · Wool, linen, cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts
Homage to Louis Sullivan (Study)
1986 · Wool, cotton, and linen, plain weave of discontinuous wefts with supplementary brocading wefts
Homage to Louis Sullivan
1986 · Linen and wool, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts
Seascreen (Weaving Sample Of)
1985 · Silk, linen, wool, and metallized cellulose film, double-faced complementary warp and weft plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts
Yin-Yang/Mao Tapestry
1971 · Cotton, wool, nylon, linen, plastic, and sequins
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- Helena Hernmarck
- Year
- 1986
- Dimensions
- 233.8 × 110 cm (92 × 43 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1986-019780
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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- Status
- verified