Another drought
2011
Medium
hemp, linen, bamboo, paper (twine), waxed linen
Measurements
58.5 × 53.5 × 11.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 2019
© Lewis Knauss
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
United States
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on paper label on reverse: Lewis Knauss, 2011.
Accession Number
2019.697
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Physical description
Another drought is composed of a series of wooden batons arranged horizontally upon which a square composition of knotted, woven and layered line, hemp and paper twine with fine strips of cane and bamboo. These layers form a dense pattern of crisscrossing and coiling fibres.
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