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A knotted bundle of textile strips with metallic silver, pink, green, and black cloth, with long frayed ends hanging down loosely. A knotted bundle of textile strips with metallic silver, pink, green, and black cloth, overlapping in a shimmering tangle. A knotted bundle of textile strips with metallic silver, pink, green, and black cloth, overlapping in a shimmering tangle. Raw cloth ends of a knotted textile coated in glittering teal, pink, gold, and silver.

Lynda Benglis

Zita,

Maker

  • Lynda Benglis

Title

Zita

Medium

cotton, acrylic, plaster, glitter

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Cotton bunting,
  • plaster,
  • acrylic paint and glitter over aluminum screen

Techniques

  • Cotton bunting,
  • plaster,
  • acrylic paint and glitter over aluminum screen

Supports

  • aluminum

Dimensions

87.6 x 97.8 x 34.3 cm (34 1/2 x 38 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches)

Place

Place Made: Western

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2006.73

Zita
from the Sparkle Knot series,

Teaching Notes / Artists' Ideas, Materials, and Process

Read Online

Lynda Benglis

Selected Works

Place Made: Western

Publications

K-12 Virtual Visit

Lynda Benglis, Zita, 1972 and Shari Mendelson, Round Blue/Green Vessel, 2015
Read Online

Teaching Notes / Artists' Ideas, Materials, and Process

Read Online

Lynda Benglis

Selected Works

Exhibition History

Lynda Benglis

October 1, 2010 - January 9, 2011
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