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Floor Slinky by Claire Zeisler — VisualArtsDB

Floor Slinky

Floor Slinky

1961–1981

Medium: Metal coils ("slinkys"); padded with jute wrapped with cotton and rayon
Dimensions: Measured when slinky compressed varying from: 43.2 × 12.3 cm (17 × 4 7/8 in.)
Genre: textile
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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wrappingfiber constructionrayonfiberfiber artChicagoChicago artistjutecotton (fiber)20th CenturyTextilemetal

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