The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 14, 2025
Cubes for M.C. 2004
2004
(American, 1933-)
Overall: 9.5 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm (3 3/4 x 8 x 8 in.)
Gift of Mildred Constantine 2004.144
Location: Not on view
Description
Jim Bassler made these hollow cubes to celebrate the 90th birthday of Mildred Constantine, the pioneering fiber art curator who donated over 100 works to the Cleveland Museum of Art. The cubes can be arranged to show the number 90 or rotated to form other numbers or letters as illustrated on the card, such as “CC” (Connie Constantine as Mildred is called) and “JS” (for the artist Jane Sauer). The cubes were inspired by digital clocks and were made using a technique Bassler studied in ancient Peruvian textiles, combining the old and the new.- Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Mildred Constantine
- Phipps, Elena. “An Artist’s Journey.” HALI; the International Journal of Oriental Carpets and Textiles. Issue 219 Spring 2024. p. 138-147
- Contemporary Art Rotation – Fall 2023. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 20, 2023-April 7, 2024).Exhibited in a one man show of work by James Bassler, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, summer 2004. Thereafter sent to Mildred Constantine who sent it to CMA.
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2004.144