Sheila Hicks

Exhibited by Demisch Danant

Material Hand-spun wool bound on a flat-weave structure

Dimensions 47.24 x 38.58 in

Place of Creation Paris

Price Price available upon inquiry

Status Vetted

About the Work

In March 1966, Hicks was approached by Maurice Holland, then Director of NK Inredning in Stockholm, who wanted to organize an exhibition of her work in the NK showroom at Sveavägen 20. The exhibition took place from 15 to 25 September 1966 and, due to its popularity, was extended for another week. 'Quipu 14B' was likely displayed in the NK exhibition and entered Maurice Holland's private collection.

The exhibition received much attention in the press; on 16 September 1966 Dagens Nyheter wrote the following:

"What she has learnt from the ancient cultures is the art of working sculpturally, multidimensionally with the yarn. Her weavings are not tapestries, but sculpted weavings, sometimes with a braided grid, sometimes with a cascade of braids, tassels, or layers of different techniques. Her colours are refined, sometimes extremely restrained, sometimes wild, sometimes cold and warm. Her weaves and knots provide a modern, up-to-date interpretation of ancient techniques, and you can see why she is well represented at the Museum of Modern Art in New York."

This piece was most recently exhibited in Sheila Hicks' solo exhibition at the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Bottrop, Germany from 12 October, 2024 to 23 February, 2025. Hicks studied under Albers at Yale in the 1950s.

The work is signed and titled en verso.

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