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Ray Komai
Textile Length, 'Masks'1948-1949

Not on view
Textile sample with an allover pattern of stylized mask-like faces in kelly green and black on cream fabric, arranged in a repeating grid with text along the left selvage
Textile or fabric sample with an all-over repeat pattern of stylized abstract faces and oval forms in green against white, outlined in black with simplified linear features arranged in a grid.

Ray Komai, Laverne Originals, Textile Length, 'Masks', 1948-1949, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ray Komai
United States, California, Los Angeles, 1918 - 2010
Manufacturer
Laverne Originals
United States, New York, 1934-1965
Title
Textile Length, 'Masks'
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1948-1949
Medium
Cotton plain weave, screenprinted
Dimensions
45 3/8 × 51 3/4 in. (115.25 × 131.45 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
AC1998.86.1
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Re, Margaret, editor. A Designed Life: Contemporary American Textiles, Wallpapers, and Containers & Packaging, 1951-54. Baltimore: University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2019.