1996 fabric portrait, related to early "Southern Gothic" style
purchased from 1997 Retrospective by Henry Heuser, Jr
Friday, February 18, 2011
"Big Daddy"
1996 fabric portrait, related to early "Southern Gothic" style
purchased from 1997 Retrospective by Henry Heuser, Jr
Friday, February 11, 2011
Applique 1968
"Indian Child" 1968
18" x 36" applique
sold in Louisville in 1997 by
Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation
(KMAC) to Mrs. Siegfried Weng (Carolyn)
The Fabric Portrait
"Yes, Virginia" 1964
24" x 40" listed $350.oo
This early '64 example of Alma Lesch's signature
fabric portraits which she would continue
to construct through 1997.
Alma Wallace Lesch 1917-1999
"Uncle Bob"
Untitled1966
hand dyed materials
Untitled 1967
sold to Barbara Hymson, N.Y.
Early Stitchery Work
Monostitch- (cretan)
Vegetable dyed yarns on cotton
size: 38" x 38"
sold in St Louis, MO undated photo
Jacob's Ladder
1967
Stitchery and applique on
Theatrical gauze
20" x 40" commissioned by &
owned by Franklin Page
Louisville, KY
"Lot's Wife" #2
1965 Fabric College Portrait
"Lot's Wife" #2
Buttons and stitchery on old
linsey-woolsey and crenolin.
Size: 24" x 38"
sold by Museum of Contemporary Crafts
owned by Mrs. David Flinn, Ithica, N.Y.
"The Nature of Materials"
significant fiber construction undated
from the "Bean" series and biblical series.
"The Nature of Materials"
Stitchery, double thickness background of linen
and burlap. Thread is drawn from linen at top
Colors: Naturals and white
Size: 22" x 47"
Yarns are wool, linen, silk, cotton.
Window shade pulls are covered with thread
discolored by rust
sold to Dorothy Culley (Colley, Calley sic)
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