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Wheat 1988 20th Century 12 in. x 32 in. x 30 in. (30.48 cm x 81.28 cm x 76.2 cm) Lillian Elliott (Detroit, Michigan, 1930 - 1994, Berkeley, California) Object Type: Basket Medium and Support: twined tules, bark & linen Credit Line: Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection: Purchase, Decorative Arts Museum Fund. 1988.016 Accession Number: 1988.016 Comments: For Lillian Elliott, basket-making offers a dramatic shift from her mainstay technique, weaving. With baskets, she can work large and in the round. And unlike the essential nature of weaving, she can work on an entire surface spontaneously and see results quickly. Early works by the artist were painted black to describe the linear quality of the form. In this work the linear quality is subtle and more complex, but nevertheless very present. It is as though a drawing had been made in space with a number of pencils taped together in a row. These parallel lines are bound together and aligned to encompass the form. They enclose space and still perform the function ascrbed to a basket or container. The work has been twined, a process whereby between each rib is fixed in place by twisted weavers.

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• contemporary object
• American

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• Introduction to Collection: Crafts
• Celebrating Contemporary Craft

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• Artist:North American:American
• Class:Decorative Arts:contemporary object

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