Isot Kivet Textile
- Designer
- Maija Isola, Finnish, 1927–2001
- Date
- 1959
- Material
- Screenprinted cotton
- made in
- Helsinki, Uusimaa province, Finland, Europe
- Classification
- Textiles
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 17 ft. 11 in. × 48 in. (546.1 × 121.9 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Marimekko Oy
- Rights
- © Maija Isola, courtesy of Marimekko Corporation
- Object Number
- 163:1971
NOTES
The clipped curves of these monumental black dots lend an organic edge to this highly graphic textile. Designer Maija Isola created this simple but striking design with paper cut-outs, looking to the irregular shape of stones—"kivet" in Finnish—for inspiration. Isola’s outsized, abstract patterns helped catapult Finnish textile and fashion company Marimekko to international fame in the 1960s.
Provenance
- 1971
Marimekko Oy, Helsinki, Finland
1971-
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of the manufacturer [1]
Notes:
[1] Per accession record and Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, City Art Museum, December 17, 1971.
Marimekko Oy, Helsinki, Finland
1971-
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of the manufacturer [1]
Notes:
[1] Per accession record and Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, City Art Museum, December 17, 1971.
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