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Olga De Amaral

Cesta Lunar 24 (Moon Basket), 1989

Description

Maker

  • Olga De Amaral, b. 1932, Colombian

Title

Cesta Lunar 24 (Moon Basket)

Year

1989

Medium

Gilded and interlaced cotton plain weave, painted along lower edge

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • cotton,
  • pigment

Techniques

  • oblique interlacing,
  • gilding,
  • gilded

Dimensions

167.6 cm (66 inches) (length)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated on the reverse: "Cesta Lunar 24 (Moon basket 24) 54 X 180 Olga de Amaral1989"

Type

  • Textiles,
  • Fiber Art

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

1992.006

About

Describing her first trip to Peru in 1968, Colombian artist Olga de Amaral recalls how she was “overwhelmed by the ancestral intelligence—the high mathematics—present in everything textile in ancient Andean culture.” In her Cesta Lunar series, de Amaral manipulates woven openwork tapes into a seductive golden surface that pays tribute to the skill, power, and wealth imbued in the textile heritage of South America. Her other references include the spiritual resonance of gold artifacts, the advanced architecture of pre-Hispanic Andean buildings, the ornamentation of colonial Catholic churches, and contemporary basketry by the indigenous Yanomami in Venezuela.

Signed and dated on the reverse: "Cesta Lunar 24 (Moon basket 24) 54 X 180 Olga de Amaral1989"

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Term Limits

November 8, 2005 - February 5, 2006

Migrations

February 21 - April 26, 1992

Use

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