Commissioned by:
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Washington University in St. Louis
(On display in Weil Hall September 2023–July 2024)

Left:
Unknown (American), 2023
Three photographs converted into red, green, and blue monochrome tonal scales respectively, ultrachrome printed onto translucent, archival plasticized paper, cut by hand into 15mm-wide strips and triaxial woven together by hand. Backlit with eight custom-built 4000K dimmable fixtures.
99½ x 108 x 4⅜ in; 252.7 x 274.3 x 11.1 cm

Right:
Unknown (American), 2023
Three photographic prints on archival translucent vellum, physically cut and woven together by hand
16⅝ x 10¾ x ⅛ in; 42.4 x 27.3 x 0.3 cm

Original photos were taken of a small 19th-century limestone bust in the collection of Washington University’s Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, attributed to an “Unknown (American)” artist.