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Lillian Elliott
Swirl1983

Not on view
Wire sculpture of an irregular, boulder-like form made from densely tangled black barbed wire with a hollow interior visible through the open weave
Wire sculpture forming an irregular, vessel-like form with an open top, constructed from densely interwoven black wire strands that cross and overlap to create a semi-transparent mesh structure.
Artist or Maker
Lillian Elliott
United States, Michigan, Detroit, active California, Berkeley, 1930-1994
Title
Swirl
Date Made
1983
Medium
Reeds
Dimensions
18 5/8 × 23 1/4 × 18 3/4 in. (47.31 × 59.06 × 47.63 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Milton and Martha Dalitzky
Accession Number
M.2021.163.3
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Cooke, Lynne, editor. Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 2023.