1970s Lili Wildenhain Woven Art Picture

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ID #VMS-1720474146-wb Jul 07 2024

Lili Wildenhain woven art

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250 - 350 USD
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ID #VMS-1720474146-wb Jul 07 2024

Lili Wildenhain woven art

AUCTION VALUE
250 - 350 USD
INSURANCE VALUE
500 USD

"Castel", Elisabeth "Lili" Wildenhain (American, 1919-2004).
DATE
Mon Jul 08 2024
DESCRIPTION
Signed and dated to the bottom, a multicolor woven piece, framed.
NOTES
A smaller studio pottery wall relief by Lili and her husband sold in 2022 for $750 USD, but it is a bit larger than the present piece. There are no other comparable pieces that have been available on the market by this artist. Other well crafted tapestries of similar size and style are available


DIMENSIONS
Height: 27"
Length: 20"
Depth: 1"


Summary: An interview with Elisabeth (Lili) Wildenhain conducted 1995 August 22, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art, in Wildenhain's home, Pittsford, N.Y.

Wildenhain talks about her childhood in a wealthy, cosmopolitan German-speaking family in Bohemia; her early interests and schooling; her work at the American Fine Arts and Monuments service; designing costumes and clothes in Kansas City following her first marriage; studying with Oskar Kokoschka; meeting Frans Wildenhain (who she subsequently married), travelling with him to Japan, and coming with him to Rochester, N.Y. where he taught at the School for American Craftsmen; and her problematic financial and health situation.

Biographical/Historical Note
Elisabeth Wildenhain (1919-2004) is a fiber artist and teacher from Rochester, N.Y. Elizabeth Wildenhain is the third wife of ceramist Frans Wildenhain.

Provenance
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators. less