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Drawing, Dorothy Liebes Studio Yarn Sale

This is a Drawing. It was created by Unidentified artist.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Archives of American Art, New York, N.Y. as part of A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

It is dated 1948. Its medium is pen and ink on paper. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.


This drawing depicts weavers in the midst of a good natured but competitive scrum at the studio yarn sale. Daren Pierce is looking for yarns for Bill Pahlmann, while Louise Fong is selecting things for her family members. Liebes appears as a clock face, wearing her customary hat, with the hour and minute hands seemingly counting down the time till the end of the sale.

It is credited Dorothy Liebes Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 29.2 × 35.7 cm (11 1/2 × 14 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Please no offense dear friends of mine It's just an early Valentine Find yourself and laugh with me The days are few when everything's free (almost that is) January 1948

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

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