The Forest

Textiles

1998

Ethel Stein (American, 1917-2018)
United States

This is one of several works whose subject is recognizable but not pictorial or realistic in its presentation. Stein was often influenced by things she experienced during walks in the woods or on the beach. In this example, an abstract pattern has been created from the pine needles of a northern forest. There is also an optical trick here in that the parallel lines to which the needles are attached seem to visually converge and diverge. Like the rest of Stein’s double cloths in white and indigo, this work is double-sided, with the colors reversed.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Ethel Stein
Title: The Forest
Place: New York (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1998
Medium: Cotton, plain weave, double cloth; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist
Dimensions: 80.3 × 74.9 cm (31 5/8 × 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Ethel Stein
Reference Number: 2012.416

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