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Viola Gråsten
'Masker'before 1957

Not on view
Printed textile panel with an allover grid of stylized mask-like faces in cobalt blue, mustard yellow, dark brown, and off-white, each cell edged with zigzag triangular borders
Designer
Viola Gråsten
born Finland, active Sweden, 1910-1994
Manufacturer
Nordiska Kompaniet's Textilkammare
Sweden, Stockholm
Title
'Masker'
Date Made
before 1957
Medium
Linen plain weave, screenprinted
Dimensions
86 1/2 × 48 in. (219.71 × 121.92 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund and Decorative Arts and Design Council Fund
Accession Number
M.2017.170.2
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Tigerman, Bobbye, and Monica Obniski. Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890-1980. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2020.
Copyright
© Viola Gråsten

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