Item - Banner

ID UNSW T 1971/0323 (082169)
Artist Mona HESSING (1933 - 2001)
Title Banner
Alternate Titles
Category Textile
Medium weaving
Materials wool, silk
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 245.00
  Width 2375.00
  Depth 0.00
  Other 126 panels
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location
  Signed
Produced  
  When 1971
  Where Australia, NSW, Woolloomooloo
Style Abstract
Subject Time
Credit Line Commissioned 1970
Description/Remarks    The gradual colour change of the panels across the full width of the work represents the movement of light from dawn to evening. This work was specially commissioned and designed for the foyer of the Sir John Clancy Auditorium, and at the time was the largest hand-loomed work in the country.
Exhibition History
Bibliography Thompson, P., Twelve Australian Craftsmen, Angus & Robertson, Sydney NSW Australia, 1973,, pgs 14-15
ISBN 0 2071 2505 8
Rumley, K., Integrating Art on Campus: The University of New South Wales Collection, UNSW, Kensington NSW Australia, 1992, pg. 47
ISBN 0 7334 0262 3
©Reproduced with permission.

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