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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
In Fields of Light
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

In Fields of Light

Artist (1907 - 2007)
Date1975
MediumLinen
Dimensions110 1/2 × 108 3/4 × 7/8 in. (280.7 × 276.2 × 2.2 cm)
ClassificationsTextile
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2022.15
Accession number 2022.15
DescriptionThe image of the circle within the square was central to Tawney’s iconography. Her titles were frequently inspired by poetry and the source here is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Reaper and the Flowers: “They shall all bloom in fields of light.”
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ProvenanceArtist [1907-2007]; Lenore G. Tawney Foundation, New York, NY; (Alison Jacques, London, England); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2022
Label TextTawney was deeply interested in Zen Buddhism and believed art could channel spirituality. The title comes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “The Reaper and the Flowers” (1839). In the poem, the phrase “fields of light” references the afterlife.

Tawney estaba profundamente interesada en el budismo zen y creía que el arte podía canalizar la espiritualidad. El título proviene de “La parca y las flores” (1839), de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. En el poema, la frase “campos de luz” hace referencia al más allá.