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Textile, Apollo
This is a Textile. It was created by Richard Landis. We acquired it in 2018. Its medium is mercerized cotton double weave.
“Window blocks” is a traditional double cloth pattern, but Landis pushes its design capabilities by developing complex color systems in both the windows and frame. With a nod to Josef Albers’s Homage to the Square paintings, he lines each side of each window with a contrasting color, shifting our perception of the colors within.
This object was donated by Richard Landis.
- Textile, Gold Wool, Full Warp
- wool double weave.
- 63.2017.10
- Textile, Landis
- linen, polyester.
- 1977-67-6
- Textile, Aswan, 2015
- 49% viscose, 19% polyacrylic, 17% polyester, 15% linen.
- Gift of Knoll Textiles.
- 2015-30-2
Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.
- Drawing, Geometric Study for Hickok Belt Co., 20th century
- brush and gouache, graphite on paper.
- Gift of University of California, Los Angeles.
- 1973-15-59
- Kente Prestige Cloth (Ghana), early–mid-20th century
- cotton, mercerized cotton.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2007-8-1
Cite this object as
Textile, Apollo; Richard Landis (American, b. 1931); mercerized cotton double weave; 2018-15-6


Color Decoded: The Textiles of Richard Landis
American designer Richard Landis is a master colorist and weaver whose visual language is that of an abstract artist.
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Color Decoded: The Textiles of Richard Landis.