| Maker(s): | Hodges, Jim; Anichini Incorporated (manufacturer); Johns, Bethany (design consultant); Marketing Techniques, Inc. (assembled and fulfilled by) | | Culture: | American (1957 - )
| | Title: | Blanket with IF THERE HAD BEEN A POOL IT WOULD HAVE REFLECTED US
| | Date Made: | 1998
| | Type: | Sculpture; Textile
| | Materials: | wool
| | Place Made: | United States
| | Measurements: | overall: 52 x 72 in.; 132.08 x 182.88 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | labels received with object; now in object file: address, priority mail and first class postage permit / IF there had been a pool it would have reflected us./This side down [recto]; [text in reverse] This side up / If there had been a pool it would have reflected us./ Each year the Peter Norton Family commissions an art edition to/celebrate the Christmas season and holidays. This year's is a blanket/by Jim Hodges./ Jim transforms mundane materials into works of art inspired by natural/forms. He is best known for his cascading curtains of silk flowers./This blanket suggests an imaginary landscape. The poem, written by/Jim, is intended to be read in reverse as if the words were reflected in water./Jim was born in 1957. The blanket, measuring 52" x 72", is the exact/size of his bed. [recto]; "We wish you a Merry Christmas/ and a Happy New Year."/The Peter Norton Family/ Peter and Eyleen/ Diana and Michael [verso], label sewn to edge of blanket on light brown side near corner: Norton Family/Christmas Project/ 1998/by/Jim Hodges [recto]; [woolmark logo] PURE NEW WOOL/WOOLMARK [in box]/Made in Italy/by ANICHINI Inc./ [four cleaning and care symbols], inscription: The Peter Norton Family/Christmas Project/1998/by Jim Hodges [recto]; Design consultant Bethany Johns/Woven by Anichini, Inc. , Tunbridge, VT and Milan, Italy/Assembled and Fulfilled by Marketing Techniques, Inc. , Carlsbad, CA [verso]
| | Accession Number: | SC 1999.3
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Dr. and Mrs. James A. Muspratt, through the generosity of Regina Taylor and Peter Norton
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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