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Breakwater by Claire Zeisler — VisualArtsDB

Breakwater

Breakwater

1968

Medium: Jute and wool
Dimensions: 225 × 41.3 cm (90 × 16 1/2 in.)
Genre: textile
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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fiber constructionfiberfiber artChicagoChicago artistjuteknotting20th CenturyTextilewool (hair)

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