The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Forty Five Divided by Nine
1984
(American, 1932-)
Overall: 21 x 31.2 x 31.2 cm (8 1/4 x 12 5/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Wishing Well Fund 1984.72
Location: not on view
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An artist based in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Ceruti studied as an undergraduate at Kent State University, and then went on to study textiles and weaving at the Cleveland Institute of Art.Description
An artist with an expansive interest in sculptural forms, Dorothy Ceruti often experiments with combinations of materials to create a desired effect. For Forty Five Divided By Nine, Ceruti says she was inspired by the bundles of bound sticks she often saw lining streets in her neighborhood in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Here, each bundle of linen is tightly and neatly bound in the center with dyed thread in a gradation from orange to purple, and delicately finished with gold metal thread. Ceruti constructed an acrylic box armature so that these bundles of wrapped fibers appear to be suspended in space.- Cleveland Museum of Art. The year in review for 1984. The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1914. 72:2, April 1985 p. 163-239; listing p. 205Sandstrom, Karen. "Fiber artist's sculptures are solved problems." Plain Dealer, July 11, 1993. p. 2H
- Contemporary Art Rotation - Spring 2023. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-September 24, 2023).Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).Focus Fiber 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 5, 1984).
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