Hanging "Manhattan"
Artist/Maker
DatesMade: Made 1953
Material / Technique
Dimensionsl x w: Mått 238 x 150 cm
Inventory numberNMK 120/1957
AcqusitionGift 1957 Architect Robert Berghagen
Other titlesTitel (sv): Draperi "Manhattan" Titel (en): Hanging "Manhattan" Etikett (sv): Draperi Manhattan Etikett (en): Hanging Manhattan
DescriptionDescription: When Ingrid Dessau arrived in New York in the 1950s, spectacular modernisation was underway, for example to build steel and glass skyscrapers along Park Avenue, and the UN headquarters. This inspired her to weave an evening view of Manhattan, with people silhouetted against shop windows. Pre-industrial weaving meets modern architecture to striking effect as the buildings’ structures are like the warp, and the windows resemble the pattern of the weave.
Collection
MaterialTextile fibre
TechniqueTwill (Weaving), Plain weave (Weaving), Applied art