Dominic Di Mare (American, b. 1932) "Promenande", USA, 1965

Wool and linen on wood dowels
Woven in seven sections
Unmarked

H: 58, W: 89, D: 30 in. (overall, as shown)

Exhibited

"Woven Forms by Dominic Di Mare". Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City, New York, November 19, 1965 - January 9, 1966.
"Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection. A Selection of Contemporary American Crafts". Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 17 - November 20, 1980. Illustrated on page 39 of the accompanying catalogue.

Literature

Lee Nordness, Objects: USA, The Viking Press, New York, p. 333 (for a disussion of the artist)

Artist Biography

Dominic Di Mare was born in San Francisco, California in 1932. He studied at San Francisco State University (SFSU) and the California College of the Arts (formally known as California College of Arts and Crafts). He learned about weaving while at SFSU and taught himself how to weave by studying photos of Kay Sekimachi woven wall hangings published in Craft Horizons. In 1997 a retrospective of the artist was held at the Palo Alto Art Center. Others were staged by the Renwick Gallery in 1999 and the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design in 2018. He was awarded the American Craft Council's Gold Medal in 1999. His work is included in various public museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Oakland Museum of California, Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and others.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist

Property from the Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection