The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 15, 2025

Fiber Form

1972

Evelyn Svec Ward

(American, 1921–1989)
America
stichery and wrapping; sisal rope, burlap and wool; sisal and cotton threads
Overall: 320.6 x 31.7 x 22.8 cm (126 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 9 in.)
Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2001.117
Location: Not on view

Description

This hanging textile sculpture is a dynamic example of a style that Cleveland artist Evelyn Svec Ward developed in the early 1970s. She subsequently integrated the stitched projections into her wall hangings, examples of which are in the museum's collection along with Mexican-influenced works of the 1980s. This nationally renowned and widely collected artist was chairman of the museum's landmark exhibition of the best contemporary international fiber art, Fiberworks, in 1977.
  • Evelyn Svec Ward Entry Card to 1972 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Ward, Evelyn Svec, and William E. Ward. Evelyn Svec Ward: Retrospective. Westerville, Ohio: Otterbein College, 1990. p. 18
  • Evelyn Svec Ward Retrospective. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1990-February 3, 1991).
    The May Show: 53rd Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists and Craftsmen of The Western Reserve. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 3-June 11, 1972).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2001.117