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Shard

1981

Evelyn Svec Ward

(American, 1921–1989)
Culture
America
Medium
Sisal, henequen, ixtle, cotton, and linen thread; looped and knitted, shaped and stiffened
Measurements
Overall: 152.4 x 147.3 x 26.7 cm (60 x 58 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Pamela Elizabeth Ward in loving memory of her parents, William E. and Evelyn Svec Ward 2005.137
Copyright
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Location
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Description

During the mid 1950s, Ward resigned her position in the textile department at the Cleveland Museum of Art to devote full-time energy to her artistic career. In the ensuing decades she produced a steady output that creatively explored the textural effects of fiber and fabric. Shard, a large abstract relief panel, is a complex construction of threads of sisal, henequen, cotton, and linen - as well as ixtle, which she acquired in Oaxaca, Mexico, a region whose native cultures and rugged typography inspired much of her work.
Different sized looped and knitted threads in pale browns and creams create an irregular hexagon shape. The structure is stiffened and overlaid to bring it into three dimensions, the lower left corner turned up and in on itself. A strip of loose loops cuts across from the middle left down to the lower left, and then all the way up to the upper right.

Shard

1981

Evelyn Svec Ward

(American, 1921–1989)
America

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