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Thaddeus Strode
Sleeping Giants1992-1993

Not on view
White pillow and sheet set on a black background; pillow printed with a small map-like diagram, sheet embroidered with a branching neuron or tree form in purple, yellow, and red rising from a gray root cluster
White pillowcase and sheet set displayed flat against a dark background. The pillowcase bears a small printed map-like diagram with handwritten text. The sheet features an embroidered branching form resembling a neuron or tree, with roots below and upward-reaching branches rendered in purple, yellow, red, and black threads against white fabric.
Textile work comprising a white pillowcase printed with a small black-and-white map, and a white sheet below featuring an embroidered or printed branching form with roots, rendered in black at the base and transitioning to purple, yellow, and red at the upper branches.
Textile artwork: white pillowcase and sheet set displayed flat. Pillowcase bears a printed map-like diagram with handwritten text. Sheet features an embroidered branching form resembling a tree or neuron, with roots at bottom and branches rising upward in red, orange, yellow, and purple thread against black linear outlines.
Artist or Maker
Thaddeus Strode
active United States, California, Los Angeles, born 1964
Title
Sleeping Giants
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1992-1993
Medium
Screenprint on standard twin fitted sheet and standard twin pillowcase (50% polyester, 50% cotton)
Dimensions
Fitted sheet: 69 x 36 in. (175.3 x 91.4 cm); Pillow case: 18 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (47 x 100.3 cm); Batting: 34 x 19 in. (86.4 x 48.3 cm) irregular; Batting: 36 1/2 x 13 in. (92.7 x 33 cm)
Credit Line
Cirrus Editions Archive. Purchased with funds provided by the Ducommun and Gross Endowment Income Fund, and gift of Cirrus Editions
Accession Number
AC1993.134.26,.86,.149-.150
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Davis, Bruce. Made in L.A. The Prints of Cirrus Editions. New York, NY: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 1995.