Portrait Pillow

Gabriella Polony Mountain's work includes four major themes. The first three themes are clearly recognizable as the Cosmos, Nature, and Figural works with the fourth theme encompassing history, philosophy, and culture. In her life as an artist, Polony Mountain worked with many different medium including mosaics, weavings, sculpture, stained glass, and repousse. Weaving is a technique used to make textiles by interlacing thread. This technique can be accomplished with the use of an instrument called a loom, or by hand in various methods such as knitting, crocheting, felting, braiding, or plaiting. Polony-Mountain used a combination of loom and hand weaving techniques. And like her weaving techniques, Polony-Mountain used a combination of acrylic, cotton, and wool yarns to create her vibrant textiles. Polony Mountain has transformed a two-dimensional weaving into a three-dimensional object. Both sides of this pillow are created in the weaving form. Each side depicts two figures, one male and one female, a common theme throughout her ouevre. The juxtaposition of pastel pink, green, and blue against vivid yellow, red, orange, blue, and green remain a constant element in her weavings.
Portrait Pillow
Portrait Pillow, detail
Portrait Pillow
Portrait Pillow, detail
Inventory
Collection Number
17706
Building
Current Location
Conference Room 311
Floor
3rd
Description
Details
The theme of this pillow depicts a variation of the figure as interpreted by Gabriella Polony Mountain and includes two sets of portraits, one on each side.
Artist Dates
1918 - 2020
Artist Nationality
Hungarian
Accession Date
Framed
No
Width
3 inches
Height
14 inches
Length
19 inches
Object Type
Permissions
Reproduce the Work in Library publications/publicity, including film or videotape
Yes
Reproduce
Library has Photography Rights
Yes
Photograph
Permit the general public to photograph the work
Yes
Slides/Video