Friday, February 11, 2011

second "Mrs. Burns" 1964
























compare to other Fabric Portrait same title

20" x 36" 1964
owned by Bob Burnside, N.Y.
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destroyed by artist
























"The Card Players" 22" x 60"

destroyed by Alma Lesch
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Fabric Collage Portrait
























"Nell" 58" x 23"
applique and stitchery
French lace gown, circa 1900
with fan, embroidered porte monnaie,
and string of buttons, on cotton
background
owned by Mrs. Daniel Peterson, Louisville KY

Nell Peterson, friend of Alma Lesch
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"The Teenagers" 1966
























in the collection of Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan
purchased in 1966 by Mrs. Bishop, founder of Haystack Mountain
School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
"The Teenagers"
Fabric Collage, stitchery and applique
with buttons, organza collar, lace hose, and cotton
pants legs

colors: black and white
size 24" x 40"
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stitchery and applique on weaving
























destroyed fiber art by the artist Alma Lesch mid '60s
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Vegetable dyed yarn, stitchery, hooking
and knotting on cotton. 22" x 48" 1967
sold to Barbara Hymson, New York 10028
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