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Collections

Elza Sunderland
Textile Design, 'Mayan' Series1948

On view:
BCAM 2nd Floor, Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity
Vertical print on mint-green paper depicting two brown-skinned figures in Mesoamerican style, one standing and one kneeling, surrounded by Maya-style glyph cartouches in teal, brown, and purple

Elza Sunderland, Textile Design, 'Mayan' Series, 1948, 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, 'Mayan' Series
Place Made
United States, California
Date Made
1948
Medium
Gouache on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 23 x 14 1/2 in. (58.4 x 36.8 cm); Composition: 20 x 10 in. (50.8 x 25.4 cm)
Credit Line
Elza Sunderland Textile Design Collections
Accession Number
M.85.175.1774
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Copyright
© Casey Sunderland