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Marianne Strengell

Marianne Strengell

Artist

WA-00029636

Printmaking

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

56

Works in Collection

64

Assets Indexed

0

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0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ20256999 ULAN500105168

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Good Design

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1953

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Good Design

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951–1952

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Good Design

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1950–1951

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Modern Art in Your Life

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1947–1948

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Printed Textiles for the Home

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1947

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Textile Design

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1945

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5692
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Marianne Strengell was an American weaver whose handwoven textiles merged modernist abstraction with the structural vocabulary of the loom. Working across fine art and functional design, she developed a formal language rooted in the postwar craft revival, establishing herself as a significant figure in mid-century American textiles. Her practice demonstrated that weaving could function as both autonomous artwork and applied craft without compromise to either register.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (56)

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1967 · Wool, plain weave

46.2 × 44.5 cm (18 1/8 × 17 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Panel

1959 · Rayon, cotton, and metal strip encased in polyester film, broken combined twill weave

184.8 × 158.3 cm (72 7/8 × 62 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1957 · Cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile

38.2 × 39.3 cm (15 × 15 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1957 · Jute, wool, rayon and cotton, weft band plain weave; knotted warp fringe

97.3 × 20.1 cm (38 1/4 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1956 · Linen, wool, cotton, and rayon, weft-faced, weft band plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes Knots;" knotted warp fringe

48.8 × 24.3 cm (19 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample prototype for the Alcoa Forecast Rug

1956 · Linen, wool, aluminum thread

H. 40, W. 9 inches (101.6 x 22.9 cm.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rug Sample

1952 · Linen, abaca, cotton and wool, plain weave and weft-faced plain weave; knotted warp fringe

33.7 × 26.2 cm (13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample

1951 · Linen and rayon, plain weave; silk screen printed.

45.4 × 61.3 cm (17 7/8 × 24 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Linen and wool, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes Knots"

22.6 × 13.8 cm (8 7/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Cotton, wool and jute, plain weave; knotted warp fringe

28 × 21 cm (11 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woven Sample

1950 · Cotton and rayon, plain weave

41.5 × 39.4 cm (16 1/4 × 15 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woven Sample

1950 · Cotton, rayon and metallic strip encased in polyester film, plain weave

42.6 × 44 cm (16 3/4 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woven Sample

1950 · Rayon, warp-float faced twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by areas of plain weave

45.4 × 52.7 cm (17 7/8 × 20 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Automobile Upholstery Fabric)

Sample (Automobile Upholstery Fabric)

1950 · Nylon, cotton, rayon and metallic strip encased in polyester film, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by weft-float face areas of main-warp and ground weft floats

45.3 × 50.8 cm (17 3/4 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Automobile Upholstery Fabric)

Sample (Automobile Upholstery Fabric)

1950 · Nylon, wool, cotton and rayon, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by areas of ground weft floats

45.7 × 51.8 cm (18 × 20 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile

25 × 30.1 cm (9 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile

23.3 × 28.4 cm (9 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Linen, wool, cotton, and jute, plain weave; knotted warp fringe

69.1 × 20.4 cm (27 1/4 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile

20.4 × 23.9 cm (8 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile

25.5 × 28.5 cm (10 × 11 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Linen, wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;"knotted warp fringe

64.4 × 16.8 cm (25 1/4 × 6 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Linen, nylon, cotton, wool, modacrylic metallic strip encased in polyester film, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut and uncut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" knotted warp fringe

43.3 × 52.7 cm (17 × 20 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Wool, cotton, linen, rayon, jute and nylon, weft-faced plain weave with weft bands of pile woven from woven fringe and chenille yarn ground wefts and by supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" knotted warp fringe

93.1 × 21.7 cm (35 5/8 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Linen, wool, cotton, and saran, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut and uncut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" knotted warp fringe

42 × 26.4 cm (16 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

56 published of 63 catalogued · 51 with image

Art Institute Chicago
45 published45 img
MoMA
7 publishedof 14 catalogued6 img
The Met
4 published

Record

Images

Rug Sample (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Collections3

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US