Two Slinkies (Study Pieces)

Provenance

The artist (died Sept. 30, 1991); by descent to her daughter, Joan Fraerman Binkley, Lake Bluff, IL [Incoming permanent receipt RX19407, May 20, 1992; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1992.

Two Slinkies (Study Pieces)

Claire Zeisler

1971-78

Accession Number

150665

Medium

Metal coils ("slinkys"); padded with jute and wrapped with acrylic

Dimensions

157.5 × 11.4 cm (62 × 4 1/2 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Joan Binkley in memory of Claire Zeisler