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Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Dark grey wool ground in thin brown frame over which swirls of embroidery, netting, and sacks have been arranged, occasionally tenting up like craters on a moon in earthy green, grey, and brown colors. The crater-like shapes have been outlined in embroidery and stick out from the background.

Gray Morning

1967

Evelyn Svec Ward

(American, 1921–1989)
America
embroidery and appliqué: cotton, cotton chenille, synthetic threads, istle and sisal twine, istle netting, onion bag fragments, wool cloth and burlap on wool ground
Overall: 81.3 x 94 cm (32 x 37 in.)
Wishing Well Fund 1967.201
Location: Not on view
  • American Craftsmen's Council. Stitching: September 23-November 6, 1967. New York: The Council, 1967. p. 29
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 256 archive.org
    Ward, Evelyn Svec, and William E. Ward. Evelyn Svec Ward: Retrospective. Westerville, Ohio: Otterbein College, 1990. p. 17
  • Evelyn Svec Ward Retrospective. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1990-February 3, 1991); Battalle Fine Arts Center, Westerville, OH (April 1-May 5, 1991).
    Contemporary Art and Textiles Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-August 26, 1984).
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    Stitching. Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY (organizer) (September 23-November 6, 1967).
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    The May Show: 49th Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists and Craftsmen of The Western Reserve. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 3-June 18, 1967).
  • {{cite web|title=Gray Morning|url=false|author=Evelyn Svec Ward|year=1967|access-date=24 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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