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Bernard Kester
Textile Length, 'Cross Section'1964

Not on view
Printed textile with an allover repeating pattern of bilaterally symmetrical organic forms in crimson red, marigold orange, rose pink, and pale blue on a lavender-gray ground

Bernard Kester, Textile Length, 'Cross Section', 1964, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Bernard Kester, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Bernard Kester
United States, Utah, Salt Lake City, active California, Los Angeles, 1928-2018
Title
Textile Length, 'Cross Section'
Place Made
United States, California
Date Made
1964
Medium
Linen plain weave, screenprinted
Dimensions
105 3/8 × 48 1/4 in. (267.65 × 122.56 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Bernard Kester
Accession Number
M.91.146.2
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Tigerman, Bobbye, ed. A Handbook of California Design, 1930-1965: Craftspeople, Designers, Manufacturers. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2013.
Copyright
© Bernard Kester

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