The Family (In Memory of a Summer in the White Mountains)
Medium
plain weave silk; wool embroidery
Dimensions
framed: 91.4 × 77.8 cm · object: 86.4 × 72.4 cm
Classification
Embroidery
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2020.261
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About this artwork
Marguerite Zorach conceived her large, complex embroideries as major artistic statements at a time when the medium was routinely considered “craft,” as opposed to “fine art.” In doing so, she helped to erase such distinctions. One of her most acclaimed works, this example celebrates humanity in harmony with nature, presenting the artist, her husband (a Cleveland-raised sculptor named William Zorach), and their son amid an evergreen tree and four pairs of animals. Very time consuming to create, Z...