The Family (In Memory of a Summer in the White Mountains), 1917. Marguerite Zorach (American, 1887-1968). Plain weave silk; wool embroidery; object: x cm (34 x 28 1/2 in.); framed: x cm (35 1/2 x 30 1/2 in.). Marguerite Zorach conceived and executed her embroideries as major aesthetic statements at a time when the medium was routinely considered “craft,” as opposed to “fine art,” thereby erasing such distinctions. One of her most acclaimed works, The Family is a celebration of domesticity in harmony with nature, presenting the artist, her husband, and their son with an eve
The Family (In Memory of a Summer in the White Mountains), 1917. Marguerite Zorach (American, 1887-1968). Plain weave silk; wool embroidery; object: x cm (34 x 28 1/2 in.); framed: x cm (35 1/2 x 30 1/2 in.). Marguerite Zorach conceived and executed her embroideries as major aesthetic statements at a time when the medium was routinely considered “craft,” as opposed to “fine art,” thereby erasing such distinctions. One of her most acclaimed works, The Family is a celebration of domesticity in harmony with nature, presenting the artist, her husband, and their son with an evergreen tree and four pairs of animals.
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