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Piece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white vertically striped fabric with thin and thick stripes, four-petaled floral shapes in the center. The title of the piece is "Piece" by artist Anni Albers. The image shows a vertically oriented rectangle with thin and thick stripes running up and down. The stripes are black, dark gray, light gray, and white. There are four four-petaled floral shapes arranged on the fabric in two pairs. The floral shapes are outlined in black and have a black and white design inside. The background around the fabric is white.

Artwork details

Date:
late 17th–early 18th century
Medium:
Ground of bast fiber (asa)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
203 × 625 px
Museum record:
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