The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 15, 2025

Mixteca Series #12

early 1980s
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Ixtle is a stiff plant fiber harvested from species of the agave and Yucca cactus.

Description

According to the artist, her Mixteca Series collages are the result of her strong desire to convey the breadth of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, including of the Mixteca region within the state of Oaxaca.
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1984.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 2 (April 1985): 163–207. Reproduced: p. 199; Mentioned: p. 205, no. 137 www.jstor.org
    Ward, Evelyn Svec, and William E. Ward. Evelyn Svec Ward: Retrospective. Westerville, Ohio: Otterbein College, 1990. p. 60
    Grove, Jeffrey, "From Neoclassical to The NEO Show", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 45 no. 01, January 2005 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 8-9 archive.org
  • Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
    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).
    Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).
    Focus: Fiber. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 19-August 5, 1984).
  • {{cite web|title=Mixteca Series #12|url=false|author=Evelyn Svec Ward|year=early 1980s|access-date=15 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1984.73