The Little Breeze
1998
Ethel Stein (American, 1917-2018) United States
New York
The toppling blocks here create a pleasing effect in which the regularity of the pattern has been disrupted. There is also a surprising optical effect created by the afterimage of dots that appear at the interstices of the grid holding the rows of blocks.
Cotton, plain weave, double cloth; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist