Girard-designed textiles and silhouette sculpture

NameSculpture

Maker Alexander Girard (American, 1907 - 1993)

Date1970s

(not assigned)Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood, cotton, metal (brass)

Dimensions54 15/16 × 47 5/8 × 5 1/8 in. (139.5 × 121 × 13 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.2017.26.1

Object numberA.2017.26.1

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionFabric-covered wood frame covered with red brick print fabric, with a shadow box in the center. The shadow box has hinged wood doors covered with black and white wood grain patterned fabric. Inside the box is a brass profile of a head. Behind, is a textile with white floral pattern and hand on red ground.