Fabric Portrait

"Featuring Kate Smith" 1975
purchased by Marilyn Borner
1997 Retrospective

"Circus"

"Circus" inside view 1960

1960 Stitchery

detail "Circus" 1960 Triptych

1996

"Dearly Beloved", photo silk screen
purchased by Cindy and Martin Rollins

"Circus"

detail "Circus" 1960
triptych
by Alma Lesch

1960 Early Work

dating to 1960 "Circus" is constructed as a triptych
needlework on burlap
back panel block printed fabric from commission
curtains for Bernheim Forest, Clermont, KY

"Sampler"

1996 "Sampler"
combines forty years of visual themes and
construction experimentation
purchased from 1997 Retrospctive
by Elouise Logsdon

detail of 1967 "November"

purchased by William Schyler
from 1997 Retrospective KACF (KMAC)

detail

"Southern Gothic"
1973

detail of fabric collage
portrait on permanent
exhibit at University of
Louisville, KY

"Big Daddy"

1996 fabric portrait, related to early "Southern Gothic" style
purchased from 1997 Retrospective by Henry Heuser, Jr

"Purina" detail

1974 detail of "Purina"

detail

detail of stitchery
photo marked 'destroyed' by artist, Alma Lesch

1966

detail from 1966 Stitchery sold in Richmond, VA
Alma Lesch

Stitchery

detail of stitchery destroyed by artist, Alma Lesch

detail

destroyed stitchery

destroyed by artist. Alma Lesch

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"
Untitled
1966
hand dyed materials

Untitled 1967

sold to Barbara Hymson, N.Y.