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Elza Sunderland
Textile Design, 'Karakul'1950

Not on view
Textile or wallpaper design on cream paper with an allover pattern of stylized elephant and ram silhouettes in slate blue-gray and pale silver-blue on a butter-yellow ground, with pencil crop marks and the signature 'Elzá' in the lower right

Elza Sunderland, Textile Design, 'Karakul', 1950, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Elza Sunderland Textile Design Collections, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Elza Sunderland
Hungary, active United States, California, Los Angeles, 1903-1991
Title
Textile Design, 'Karakul'
Place Made
United States, California
Date Made
1950
Medium
Gouache on paper
Dimensions
Composition: 17 x 17 in. (43.2 x 43.2 cm); Sheet: 22 1/8 x 22 1/8 in. (56.2 x 56.2 cm)
Credit Line
Elza Sunderland Textile Design Collections
Accession Number
M.85.175.1320
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Copyright
© Casey Sunderland