Gild Amber / Divide
Artist
Liza Lou
(American, born 1969)
CultureAmerican
Date2012-2014
MediumGlass beads on canvas
Dimensions65 15/16 × 65 15/16 in. (167.5 × 167.5 cm)
PortfolioSolid Divide series
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by Pat and Doug Perry, Linda H. Kaufman, Mr. and Mrs. Tim Robertson, Meredith and Brother Rutter, Leah and Richard Waitzer, Joseph T. Waldo and Ashby Vail, in memory of Amy Brandt, Carolyn and Richard Barry, Patterson and Colin McKinnon, Virginia and John Hitch, Shirley Baldwin, Deb Painter, Selina and Tom Stokes, Leslie Friedman, Suzanne and Vince Mastracco, and Adriane and Stephen Thormahlen
Object number2016.1
Not on view
DescriptionLight and dark gold/amber colored glass beads sewn onto strips of cloth and stitched together over canvas. The top half of the canvas is covered with dark gold beads; the bottom half of the canvas is covered with light gold beads.Label TextLiza Lou American, born 1969 Gild Amber / Divide, 2012¬–2014 Woven glass beads on canvas Museum purchase with funds provided by Pat and Doug Perry, Linda H. Kaufman, Mr. and Mrs. Tim Robertson, Meredith and Brother Rutter, Leah and Richard Waitzer, Joseph T. Waldo and Ashby Vail, in memory of Amy Brandt, Carolyn and Richard Barry, Patterson and Colin McKinnon, Virginia and John Hitch, Shirley Baldwin, Deb Painter, Selina and Tom Stokes, Leslie Friedman, Suzanne and Vince Mastracco, and Adriane and Stephen Thormahlen 2016.1 ProvenancePurchased from White Cube, London, by Chrysler Museum of Art, January 2016.Exhibition HistorySolo exhibition, "Solid | Divide", White Cube, London, November 26, 2014 – January 18, 2015.Published ReferencesJulia Bryan-Wilson and Liza Lou, _Solid | Divide_ (London: White Cube, 2014). Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 198-199.
ca. 1920
