Representative work by Lenore Tawney
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Artist

Lenore Tawney

b. 1907, Lorain, Ohio · Based in New York, New York

  • Institute of Design (New Bauhaus), Chicago (1945)
  • Woven Sculpture
  • Collage
  • Assemblage

Lenore Tawney was a pioneer of fiber art who revolutionized traditional weaving in the late 1950s by transforming tapestries into airy, three-dimensional sculptural forms suspended freely in space. Integrating open warps, feathers, and Zen philosophy, her works redefined the poetic possibilities of thread.

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