Modern and Contemporary Craft: Selections from the Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection

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Helen Bitar (American, b. 1940) Neck Piece, USA, 1973

Helen Bitar (American, b. 1940) Neck Piece, USA, 1973

Mixed content fabric and yarn
Stiched signature and date to reverse: "Helen Bitar 73"

H: 21, W: 15, D: 1 in.

Literature

Lee Nordness, Objects: USA, The Viking Press, New York, p. 279 (for a disussion of the artist, pillow forms illustrated)

Artist Biography

Helen Bitar was born in Centralia, Washington in 1940. She earned a BA from the University of Washington in 1963. She was a longtime teacher at the University of Montana. Through the 1960s and 1970s, Bitar's work was widely exhibited and frequently feaured in Craft Horizons magazine.

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Acquired directly from the artist

Property from the Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection

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Helen Bitar (American, b. 1940) Neck Piece, USA, 1973

Mixed content fabric and yarn
Stiched signature and date to reverse: "Helen Bitar 73"

H: 21, W: 15, D: 1 in.

Literature

Lee Nordness, Objects: USA, The Viking Press, New York, p. 279 (for a disussion of the artist, pillow forms illustrated)

Artist Biography

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist

Property from the Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection

Modern and Contemporary Craft: Selections from the Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection

Helen Bitar (American, b. 1940) Neck Piece, USA, 1973

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Helen Bitar (American, b. 1940) Neck Piece, USA, 1973