Katherine Westphal
Born: 1919, Los Angeles, California
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38w GEISHA
paper, dyed, heat-transfer photo copy, patched
101” x 64” x 4”, 1985
$5,000
42w RITUAL
natural and synthetic raffia
12" x 7" x 7", 1999
$3,000
15W TOP DOG
heat transfer on tapas bark cloth
58Ó x 42Ó, 1991
$3,500
Selected permanent collections and exhibition venues:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York (Wall Hangings and The New Classicism); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York; Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Structure in Textiles); Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (The Object as Poet); Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin (Fiber R/Evolution); Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania; Racine Museum of Art, Wisconsin; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. (solo exhibition); Seattle Art Museum, Washington; Cooper Hewitt, National Museum of Design, Smith-sonian Institution, New York, New York; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut; the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence. Author: The Nature of Basketry; The Art of Paisley; The New Basketry; Baskets as Textile Art; John McQueen: The Language of Containment and other works.
Recipient: Gold Medal, American Craft Council.
18kw GEISHA, GEISHA
gourd, heat transfer on rice paper, laminated , 11Ó x 10.5Ó x 10.5Ó, 1989, $1,50041kw NARA
gourd, heat transfer on rice paper, laminated , 10Ó x 13Ó x 13Ó, 1996, $3,000
Statement:
I want to become a link in that long chain of human activity, the patterning of cloth on any surface available. I have learned from many cultures and pay homage to them. My work is pretty much autobiographical and narrative. It records my travel – anything I see or experience can pop out in my work, the connection being most often intuitive. I draw constantly in museums and, because life is so speeded up, I record with a camera as well as a sketchbook.
My baskets build one stitch at a time – color, shape, image, idea – in a spiral pattern, a growth form. Each basket has a name – and an identity, and each basket is part of a series. The ideas can stem from nature, art, or from the chance remark of a friend. My baskets are not narrative or representational; they are my emotional reaction to a place, event or object.
Katherine Westphal35w CHUTO-HAUPA
paper and linen, 57Ó x 57Ó, 1983, $5,000
Catalog #6
Ed Rossbach
Katherine Westphal
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10TH WAVE PART 1:
New Baskets and
Freestanding Sculpture
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10TH WAVE PART II:
New Textiles and
Fiber Wall Art
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ON PAPER
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