Fowler Cynthia A. - The Modern Embroidery Movement

Mary Ellen Crisp, Untitled (1930s).Embroidery, 79 in. high x 62 . in..Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.1960.11.1 Gift of the artist.

Marguerite Zorach, Remembrance of Life in Fresno California and of My Childhood There Around the Year 1900 (1949)Wool on linen embroidery, 17 25 in.Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC1970.65.12 Gift from the Collection of Tessim Zorach.

Marguerite Zorach, The Circus, New York (1929)Wool on linen embroidery, 20 22 in. Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964 (64.101.1404)The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkImage The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Image source: Art Resource, NY.

Marguerite Zorach, The Family Supper (1922)Wool on linen embroidery, 26 42 in.Zorach Collection, LLCDigital image courtesy of Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME.

Georgiana Brown Harbeson, Nativity (before 1932)Dimensions and whereabouts unknownFront cover, Needlecraft (December 1932).

Marian Stoll, Untitled (1927)Esther Fitzgerald Rare Textiles, London.

Marguerite and William Zorach, Maine Islands (1919)Wool on linen embroidery, 18 50 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC1968.154.173 Gift of Dahlov Ipcar and Tessim Zorach.

Mary Ellen Crisp, Untitled ( Flowers in Vase ) (1930s).Cotton embroidered picture with wool, 21 25 3/16 in..Gift of Joy L. Cartier and Lucile E. Callahan, 1993-34-1..Photo: Matt Flynn-Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY.Photo Credit: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum/Art Resource, NY.

Georgiana Brown Harbeson, Summer ( The Enchanted Isle ) (1931)Front cover of Needlecraft , July 1931.

Georgiana Brown Harbeson, Autumn (1931)Front cover of Needlecraft , October 1931.

Mary Ellen Crisp, Untitled ( Manhattan from Roosevelt Island ) (193039)Linen embroidered picture with wool, 17 5/16 22 in.Gift of Joy L. Cartier and Lucile E. Callahan, 1993-34-2.Photo: Matt Flynn. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NYPhoto Credit: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum/Art Resource, NY.

Marcia Stebbins, Untitled ( Washington Square Park ) (1930s)Wool embroidered picture with synthetic yarns in stem, running satin stitches, 19 16 in.Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer, 1981-28-131. Photo: Matt FlynnCooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NYPhoto Credit: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum/Art Resource, NY.

Marguerite Zorach, The Sea (191718)Wool on linen embroidery, 20 36 in.Zorach Collection, LLCDigital image courtesy of the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME.

Marian Stoll, Jungle (1927)Dimensions and whereabouts unknownReproduced in Waterhouse, Recent Embroidery by Marian Stoll, The Studio (September 1927), n.p.

Marian Stoll, Untitled ( Structure in Barren Landscape ) (192829)Linen plain weave embroidered picture with wool23.5 20 in.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MAGift of Gillian Creelman 2001.672.

Georgiana Brown Harbeson, Madame Amelita Galli-Curci (1924)Embroidery on linen with wool. Simple outline, buttonhole, Rumanian, chain, running and darning stitchesDimensions and whereabouts unknownReproduced in Harbeson, American Needlework (color plate), n.p.

Stitches Most Universally Used by Modern Needlepainters, Reproduced in The Four Moderns in America, Exponents of the Newer Embroidery. Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club 19 (1935): plate xiii.

Henrietta and Fritz Winold Reiss, Untitled (Bird) (ca. 1915)Designed by Fritz Winold Reiss, executed by Henrietta ReissEmbroideryReproduced in Tapestry Supplement, Modern Art Collector (December 1915), n.p.Dimensions and whereabouts unknown.

Lydia Bush-Brown, Earth (late 1920s/early 1930s)Silk batik hanging, 5 ft. 7 in. 33 in.Gift of the Estate of Lydia Bush-Brown Head, 1985-2-2Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY, USAPhoto credit: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum/Art Resource, NY.

Marguerite Zorach, The Rockefeller Family at Seal Harbor (192932)Wool on linen embroidery, 4 ft. 3 in. 5 ft. 4 in. Estate of Margaretta F. Rockefeller CollectionDigital image courtesy of Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME.

Marguerite Zorach in her studioPeter A. Juley & Son CollectionJ0029484Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.

Marguerite Zorach, An Indian Wedding (ca. 1913)Wool on linen embroidery, 15 20 in.From the collection of Pamela C. and Elmer R. Grossman, MDDigital image courtesy of Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME.

Marguerite Zorach, The Dance (ca. 1913)Wool on linen embroidery, 26 in. diameterZorach Collection, LLCPhotograph by author.

Marguerite Zorach, Figures in Landscape (1913)Gouache on silk, 11 18 in.Zorach Collection, LLCImage courtesy of Gerald Peters Gallery, New York.

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Marguerite Zorach, Provincetown, Sunset and Moonrise (1916)Oil on canvas, 27 31 2 in. (70.48 80.64 6.03 cm). Sheldon Museum of Art, Nebraska Art Association, Nelle Cochrane Woods Memorial, N-229.168, Photo Sheldon Museum of Art.

Marguerite Zorach, Death of a Miner (ca. 193034)Oil on canvas, 28 36 in.Zorach Collection, LLC-Image courtesy of Gerald Peters Gallery, New York.

Marguerite Zorach, The Evening Star (ca. 1945)Oil on canvas, 25 30 in.Zorach Collection, LLCImage courtesy of Gerald Peters Gallery, New York.

Marguerite Zorach, The Circus (ca. 1927)Pencil and crayon on transfer drawing paper, 24 3/16 25 5/16 in.Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC1968.154.27 Gift of Dahlov Ipcar and Tessim Zorach.

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Marguerite Zorach, Ella Madison and Dahlov (1918)Oil on canvas, 44 35 in.Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MAMuseum purchase, John B. Turner 24 Memorial Fund and Karl E. Weston Memorial Fund (91.32).

Marguerite Zorach, Indian Elephant (1913)Oil on canvas, 33 27 in.Zorach Collection, LLCPhotograph by author.

Florine Stettheimer, Family Portrait #2 (1933)Oil on canvas, 46 64 in.Gift of Miss Ettie Stettheimer (8.1956) The Museum of Modern ArtDigital image The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY.

Florine Stettheimer, A Model (Nude Self-Portrait) (1915)Oil on canvas, 48 68 in. Collection of Alan Solomon, MDImage courtesy of Art Properties, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, Gift of the Estate of Ettie Stettheimer, 1967(1967.23.29).

Georgiana Brown Harbeson, Crucifixion (1930)Embroidered altar panel hangingReproduced in Harbeson, American Needlework , 164b.Dimensions and whereabouts unknown.

Photograph of Georgiana Brown Harbeson Reproduced in Wilson, Watch the Needles of the Younger Generation, Needlecraft (April 1933), 16.

Photograph of Georgiana Brown Harbeson Making an Embroidery on the Spot, at the Hayden Galleries (1934)Reproduced in Wilson, Two New York Needlework Exhibits Needlecraft (July 1934), 4.