The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 14, 2025
Untitled
1984
(American, 1925–2010)
Overall: 28 x 35.3 x 2.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Gift of Mildred Constantine 1996.203
Location: 224A Contemporary Corridor
Description
Dorothy Ruddick worked in pen and ink drawing before shifting focus to the combined processes of stitching, weaving, and drawing on natural linen. She abruptly switched to needle and thread in the summer of 1973, as she sat transfixed by the congressional hearings of the Watergate investigation that resulted in President Richard Nixon’s resignation. The modestly sized linen panels and intricately stitched compositions lent themselves to hours of watching the televised proceedings. The trompe l’oeil (trick the eye) effect of Untitled, giving the illusion of draped fabric, may draw from the classical statues and Baroque paintings that inspired her.- Constantine, Mildred, and Jack Lenor Larsen. The Art Fabric : Mainstream. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981. p. 115, 158, 265Cleveland Museum of Art. Small Works in Fiber: The Mildred Constantine Collection. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. p. 59
- Contemporary Textile Rotation - October 2025. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 10, 2025-April 28, 2026).Small Works in Fiber: The Collection of Mildred Constantine. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-March 28, 1993).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1996.203