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Owl 43

1975

Lenore Tawney

(American, 1907–2007)
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Culture
America
Medium
pen and black ink and watercolor and collage
Support
Postcard
Measurements
Image: 15.7 x 10.5 cm (6 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.); Sheet: 15.7 x 10.5 cm (6 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Katharine Kuh 1981.177
Copyright
© Lenore G. Tawney Foundation
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Lenore Tawney was a pioneering fiber artist known for large-scale public installations, but her postcard collages were personal missives to close friends on an intimate scale.

Description

This is one of 44 postcard collages in the CMA’s collection that the textile artist Lenore Tawney sent through the mail to her friend, the art dealer, curator, and critic Katherine Kuh between 1969 and 1981. Using natural objects and ephemera that she compiled over a lifetime, Tawney’s collages display the artist’s personal visual vocabulary and poetic response to materials. Recurring images—such as eggs, feathers, birds, baby animals, crosses, and circles—engage with universal themes such as vulnerability, resilience, infinity, and spirituality. Owls appear regularly in Tawney's imagery and could refer to evil, or wisdom.
The front and back of a postcard. On our left, the front of the postcard depicts a white owl against a background collaged with scraps of print text and handwriting, two drawn human feet where the owl's claws would be. On our right, the back of the postcard depicts a stylized blooming, pink flower with white circles arcing over, and row of small pink flowers in front.

Owl 43

1975

Lenore Tawney

(American, 1907–2007)
America

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