Artworks · Sheila Hicks

Minime (Four Tunnels of Exploration)

2015 · Wool, linen, cotton, razor clam shells

8 1/8 × 11 7/8" (20.6 × 30.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Minime

2014 · Linen and silk

9 1/2 × 5 1/2" (24.1 × 14 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pillar of Inquiry/Supple Column

2013 · Acrylic fiber

204 x 48 x 48 inches (variable)

Museum of Modern Art

Escargots (group)

2003 · industrial-weight linen, dyed, wrapped around flat strips of cork

Overall: 10.8 x 61 cm (4 1/4 x 24 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Steichen's Pond

1995 · Pieces of paper; stitched with cotton and polyester with spots of plain interlacings and darning stitches; knotted fringe

37.5 × 23.5 cm (14 3/4 × 9 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Éventail (Fan)

1990 · Skeins of linen, wrapped with pearl cotton, couched with linen to handmade paper with imbedded hemp fibers; backed with linen, plain weave

91.5 × 160.1 cm (36 × 63 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Battle Strategy

1990 · Hand-made paper (washi); stitched with silk thread

55.6 × 66.7 cm (21 3/8 × 26 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rick Rack, Riff Raff

1987 · Cotton thread and rickrack: hand weaving

Overall: 58 x 47.5 x 3 cm (22 13/16 x 18 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Weft Wandering Astray

1985 · Linen and silk, bands of plain weave open work with discontinuous wefts and supplementary brocading weft, warp-float faced twill weave, and plain weave self-patterned with main warp floats; main warp fringe

230.1 × 44.5 cm (90 5/8 × 17 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Principal Wife

1984 · linen, rayon, acrylic yarns

Overall: 254 x 203.2 x 20.4 cm (100 x 80 x 8 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ephemera Bundle

1975 · Silk: wrapping

Overall: 33.7 x 27 x 11.5 cm (13 1/4 x 10 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

M’hamid

1970 · Silk, vicuna, razor clam shell: tapestry weave

Overall: 23.5 x 17.8 cm (9 1/4 x 7 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Panel for interior of Air France Boeing 747 aircraft

1969 · Embroidered silk on polished cotton

51 3/4 × 157 × 2" (131.4 × 398.8 × 5.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1968 · Wool: tabby weaving and wrapping

Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Mounted: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sample (Ford Foundation Program)

1967 · Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in surface satin stitches over circular metal plate

45.9 × 38.4 cm (18 × 15 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Ford Foundation Program)

1967 · Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in surface satin stitches over cardboard disk

46 × 38.4 cm (18 1/8 × 15 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for the Ford Foundation Installation

1967 · linen ground with inset linen thread

Overall: 45.7 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm (18 x 15 x 1 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Echantillon: Dove Wing (Sample for a textile wall at the Ford Foundation, New York)

1967 · Linen and silk

39 1/4 x 31 1/2" (99.7 x 80 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Echantillon: Medallion (Sample for a textile wall at the Ford Foundation, New York)

1967 · Linen and silk

39 1/2 x 29" (100.3 x 73.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Evolving Tapestry: He/She

1967 · Linen and silk

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

Badagara

1965 · Cotton, plain weave with supplementary wadding

227 × 192.8 cm (89 3/8 × 75 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Quipu blanco

1965 · Wool

59 1/16 × 23 5/8 × 3 15/16" (150 × 60 × 10 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Prayer Rug

1965 · Hand-spun wool

87 x 43" (221 x 109.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Badagara Cloth

1965 · Cotton

14 1/2 x 17" (36.8 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Badagara Cloth

1965 · Cotton

16 x 17" (40.6 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Kerala Cloth

1965 · Cotton

13 1/4 x 19" (33.7 x 48.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ribbons

1964 · Cotton mounted on bamboo

102 3/8 x 36 1/4" (260 x 92 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ventana I

1963 · Wool, plain weave of discontinuous wefts with areas of open work and weft wrapping

62.8 × 70.6 cm (24 3/4 × 27 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cartridges and Zapata

1962 · Linen

.a: 141 × 21" (358.1 × 53.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

White Letter

1962 · Hand-spun wool

46 1/2 × 38" (118.1 × 96.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Wall-Hanging

1962 · Wool

38 1/2 x 42" (97.8 x 106.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Multi-Colored Minime

1962 · Hand-woven wool

10 1/2 x 11 1/2" (26.7 x 29.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Wall Hanging

1961 · Hand-woven wool

27 1/2 x 27" (69.8 x 68.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Greta (no. 55)

1961 · Wool

9 x 5 3/4" (22.9 x 14.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Peluca verde

1960 · Wool

23 5/8 × 14 9/16" (60 × 37 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Blue Letter

1959 · Hand-woven wool

17 3/4 x 17" (45.1 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rug

1955 · Cotton, plain weave; wool latch-hooked pile; braided and wrapped in wool

155 × 147.5 cm (61 × 58 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Learning to Weave in Taxco, Mexico

1950 · Cotton, plain weave with discontinuous wefts, ground weft interior fringe, exposed and wrapped warps; extended ground weft fringe

155.9 × 105.4 cm (61 3/8 × 41 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Faja

1950 · Wool and cotton

62.9 × 11.5 cm (24 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Inca swatches

1934 · Wool and other fiber

21.3 × 21.2 cm (8 3/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago