Butah
<p>In <em>Butah</em>, Ethel Stein paid homage to the ancient Indo-Persian motif of a teardrop shape filled with color and pattern, known in English as a <em>paisley</em>. Designer and entrepreneur Jack Lenor Larsen commissioned this piece for an exhibition in 2012 at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC. Stein took her inspiration for both the paisley motif and the warp-dyeing technique from a Central Asian ikat silk. To achieve her witty celebration of this ubiquitous textile motif, she enlarged a single example to a huge scale and created a two-part banner.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 2011
- Dimensions
- 219.1 × 179.1 cm (86 1/4 × 70 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Ethel Stein
Artist
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More by Ethel Stein
Moon Wall
2008 · cotton, satin damask weave; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist
Whole and Half Moons
2007 · Two panels: cotton, satin weave damask; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist
Black and White 7
2007 · Cotton, weft resist dyed (weft ikat) satin damask weave; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist
Black and White 9
2007 · Cotton, weft resist dyed (weft ikat) satin damask weave; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist
Black and White 8
2007 · Cotton, weft resist dyed (weft ikat) satin damask weave; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist
Whole and Half Moons
2007 · Two panels: cotton, satin weave damask; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist
Record
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- Ethel Stein
- Year
- 2011
- Dimensions
- 219.1 × 179.1 cm (86 1/4 × 70 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-2011-111057
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified