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Mandan Shrine
Sheila Hicks (American, b. 1934)

Title

Mandan Shrine

Artist

Sheila Hicks (American, b. 1934)

Date

2016

Medium

natural linen, cotton, synthetic fibers

Dimensions

118 1/2 × 53 1/2 in. (301 × 135.9 cm)

Classification

Fiber Arts

Credit Line

Museum purchase with funds from the Joslyn Art Group

Object Number

2016.11

On View

On view

Copyright

© Sheila Hicks

Provenance

Purchased from Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, by Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 2016.

Exhibition History

Sheila Hicks: Material Voices, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, June 5–September 4, 2016, no. 62. Traveled to: Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, October 5, 2016–February 5, 2017.

Hilos Libres. El Textil y Sus Raíces Prehispánicas, 1954–2017, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, November 4, 2017–April 2, 2018.

Crafting America, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, February 6–May 31, 2021.

Published References

Karin Campbell, Sheila Hicks: Material Voices, exh. cat. (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2016), 104.

Karen von Hahn, “Artist Sheila Hicks, textile queen, has first major show in Canada,” The Toronto Star, January 13, 2017, https://www.thestar.com/life/artist-sheila-hicks-textile-queen-has-first-major-show-in-canada/article_577bd81a-f20f-59d6-a82f-e3dd6bf16730.html.

Katy Canales, “Sheila Hicks: Material Voices – A Review,” The V&A (blog), February 24, 2017, https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-life/shelia-hicks-material-voices-a-review, (repro.).