Anita Robertson Beach Handwoven Fiber Art Wall Hanging
Item Details
Anita Robertson Beach (Cincinnati, 1930 – 2020)
Untitled (pink and orange wall hanging)
Handwoven wool and synthetic blend yarns with pipe cleaners and clay beads
Unsigned
Includes two S-hooks for hanging.
Anita Robertson Beach aspired to be a creative and impactful artist and teacher. Before teaching art at the Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, she received the Laverne-Noyes scholarship and majored in art education at the University of Wisconsin. She studied under lithographer Dean Meeker, who inspired her to become an artist. Beach enjoyed exploring a variety of mediums including weaving and became a lifelong member of the Cincinnati Weavers Guild. She also studied metal arts such as welding at Thomas Moore University. In 1952 one of her serigraphs was chosen to be exhibited in the Library of Congress. Her works of art have been exhibited in various institutions nationally.
Condition
- pipe cleaners meant to hold shape are bent; cracks and chips to handmade beads; wear, fading and discoloration to yarns; loose threads; discoloration and scratches to S-hooks.
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Item #
ITMG933730