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Peppi's Flowers

1988

Joanne Segal Brandford

(American, 1933–1994)
Culture
America
Medium
Knotless net; silk, pigment
Measurements
Overall: 144.8 x 43.2 cm (57 x 17 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Marina Whitman 2004.145
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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Description

Called Peppi as a child, Joanne Segal Brandford created this ethereal work, influenced by such historic textiles as knotless netted bags of South America and European needle laces. In her words, "as I became aware of the variety and strength of traditional netting throughout the world, I felt encouraged to continue and expand my own explorations. . . . Recently I have explored ideas of openess/closedness and of spatial ambiguity. Illusion, especially the question of shadow and substance (real/not real), has been of particular interest." Having taken Dr. Sherman Lee’s first year-long course of Far Eastern art, the donor of Peppi’s Flowers admires this museum, where Peruvian textiles can be displayed along with contemporary fiber art.
Long, vertically oriented, white silk net against a black background. The strands of the net are occasionally colored with swishes of blue and yellow. A row of small, tight loops arcs down at the top while, at the lower end of the net, the loops become larger and more irregular as they fray into wispy, winding edges.

Peppi's Flowers

1988

Joanne Segal Brandford

(American, 1933–1994)
America

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