S U N N Y A. S M I T H : S E A R C H

Linen , Textiles , Sculptural Objects , Prints , Archival Pigment , Photographic Works , Living History , Premodern Abstraction , Installations , Sculptures , Site-specific Works , Furniture , Performative Sculptures , Quilts , Participation , Ribbons , Wood , Costumes , Cheater Cloth , Mirrors , Silk , Musical Instruments , Activated Space , Clothing , Wool , Satellite Dishes , Curtains , Rope , Period Rooms , Forts , Editions , Bedding , Backdrops , Reenactments , TInware , Soldiers , Silkscreen , Needle Work , Multiples , Kits , Drums , Dolls , Ceramics , Candles , Archives , Windsor Chairs , Wax , Sconces , Handmade Paper , Gouache , Glass , Bunting , Trench Art , Tilt-top Tables , Prototypes , Baskets , Banners , Portraits , Eyes , Candy , Wrought Iron , Tables , Snakes , Paper , Overshot , Figures , Farby Labels , Fancy Work , Braided Rugs , Willow , Whitman's Samplers , Ticking , Pomegranates , Performances , Jugs , Horsehair , Flower Arrangements , Flags , Collage , Cauldrons , Canopy Beds , Books , Antennas , Wreaths , Uniforms , Shop Signs , Scare Crows , Sacks , Platforms , Lanterns , Hay , Flame Stitch , Crewel Work , Canvas , Calico , Brooms , Bandboxes , Wigs , Theorem Painting , Tents , Stoneware , Stencils , Slipware , Rubbings , Redware , Pushcarts , Pockets , Pin Prikt , Parades , Market Stalls , Marbling , Glass Eyes , Display Cases , Crates , Canteens , Bottles , Barrels , Wands , Slippers , Shearling , Self-portraits , Peddlers , Medals , Keys , Hobby Horses , Hats , Guns , Engraving , Eagles , Doubles , Concealments , Chargers , Broadsides

Farby Label
1999
Woven taffeta
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Affixed to textile artworks in "Allison Smith: Mom-n-Pop," Bellwether, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York; "Allison Smith: Stilleven, evenStill," Bellwether, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York; "Allison Smith" Since '72," Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, MFA thesis exhibition. Also distributed as a souvenir multiple in "Allison Smith: The Muster 2005," Governors Island, New York Harbor, New York, a project of the Public Art Fund. Photo credit Susan Alzner.

Ticking , Textiles , Silk , Ribbons , Reenactments , Multiples , Farby Labels , Editions , Clothing , Cheater Cloth

Farby Patchwork
1999-2002
Iron-on patches on machine quilted cotton

"Allison Smith: Mom-n-Pop," Bellwether, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York. Photo credit Susan Alzner. Collection of The West Collection.

Textiles , Quilts , Farby Labels , Cheater Cloth , Calico , Bedding

Whitman's Sampler
1999-2001
Embroidery on aida cloth
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"Allison Smith: Mom-n-Pop," Bellwether, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York. Also exhibited in Also exhibited in "New Directions '98," Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York, curated by Eugenie Tsai; "Allison Smith" Since '72," Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, MFA thesis exhibition. Published in New Observations. Photo credit Liz Deschennes.

Whitman's Samplers , Textiles , Reenactments , Prototypes , Needle Work , Flower Arrangements , Candy

Whitman's Sampler Kits
1999-2002
Color photo, embroidery floss, paper, plastic

"Allison Smith: Mom-n-Pop," Bellwether, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York. Photo credit Liz Deschennes.

Whitman's Samplers , Textiles , Reenactments , Prints , Photographic Works , Needle Work , Multiples , Kits , Cheater Cloth , Candy

Mom-n-Pop Market Stall
1999
Canvas tent and mixed media

"Allison Smith: Mom-n-Pop Market Stall," Meat Market Art Fair, Artists Space, New York, curated by Jenelle Porter. Photo credit Daphne Fitzpatrick.

Textiles , Tents , Site-specific Works , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Quilts , Performative Sculptures , Participation , Multiples , Market Stalls , Installations , Hay , Forts , Cheater Cloth , Canvas , Activated Space

"Cheater Cloth"
2010
giclée print
Edition of 7, published by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 43 3/4 x 32 inches

This limited-edition giclée print is digitally printed in full color on flax linen with a finished hem sewn by the artist. It depicts imagery captured using a unique scanning technology, updating the tradition of "cheater cloth," a printed material meant to look like several different fabrics, usually calicos, appliquéd or patch worked together. The inspiration for this work was derived from a quilt Smith saw at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, made by a convalescing Civil War soldier; she made her reworked version by cutting out fabrics collected over many years from her and her mother's sewing chests. The original artifact combines Smith's interest in wartime textiles and art made by soldiers in the context of war, and also contains another facet of her research: the history of tradespeople and street peddlers. This print was made as a Special Projects Artist Edition in response to the "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life 1765-1915" exhibition at LACMA and is available from the museum for purchase.

Trench Art , Textiles , Soldiers , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Peddlers , Multiples , Living History , Linen , Guns , Figures , Editions , Cheater Cloth , Calico , Archives , Archival Pigment

Fancy Work
2010
installation view
dimensions variable

Commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in conjunction with "75 Years of Looking Forward." Photo credit Charles Villyard.

Windsor Chairs , Tinware , Textiles , Tables , Site-specific Works , Silkscreen , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Quilts , Premodern Abstraction , Period Rooms , Performative Sculptures , Participation , Linen , Lanterns , Installations , Furniture , Fancy Work , Candles , Bedding , Backdrops , Activated Space

Fancy Work (Braided Rug)
2011
participatory braided rug, platform for reading, reflection, and conversation
12'+ diam

Commissioned and produced in the context of the exhibition "Allison Smith: Piece Work," Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Photo credit Ron Pollard.

Windsor Chairs , Textiles , Silkscreen , Premodern Abstraction , Platforms , Performative Sculptures , Participation , Linen , Installations , Furniture , Braided Rugs , Books , Activated Space

Fancy Work (Braided Rug)
2011
participatory braided rug, platform for reading, reflection, and conversation
12'+ diam

Commissioned and produced in the context of the exhibition "Allison Smith: Piece Work," Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Photo credit Ron Pollard.

Textiles , Silkscreen , Sconces , Satellite Dishes , Premodern Abstraction , Platforms , Performative Sculptures , Participation , Mirrors , Linen , Installations , Candles , Braided Rugs , Books , Activated Space

Fancy Work (Braided Rug)
2011
participatory braided rug, platform for reading, reflection, and conversation
12'+ diam

Commissioned and produced in the context of the exhibition "Allison Smith: Piece Work," Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Photo credit Ron Pollard.

Textiles , Silkscreen , Premodern Abstraction , Platforms , Performative Sculptures , Participation , Linen , Installations , Braided Rugs , Books , Activated Space

Fort Point Bunting
2012
painted linen, military webbing, grommets, hemp rope
75 swags; each swag 32" x 72"

Large-scale installation at historic Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Commissioned by FOR-SITE Foundation for the International Orange exhibition. Photo credit Allison Smith.

Textiles , Sculptural Objects , Prototypes , Linen , Bunting

Fort Point Bunting
2012
painted linen, military webbing, grommets, hemp rope
75 swags; each swag 32" x 72"

Large-scale installation at historic Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Commissioned by FOR-SITE Foundation for the International Orange exhibition. Photo credit Allison Smith.

Trench Art , Textiles , Soldiers , Site-specific Works , Rope , Portraits , Participation , Linen , Installations , Forts , Bunting

Fort Point Bunting
2012
painted linen, military webbing, grommets, hemp rope
75 swags; each swag 32" x 72"

Large-scale installation at historic Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Commissioned by FOR-SITE Foundation for the International Orange exhibition. Photo credit Allison Smith.

Trench Art , Textiles , Soldiers , Site-specific Works , Rope , Reenactments , Portraits , Participation , Linen , Installations , Forts , Bunting

Fort Point Bunting
2012
painted linen, military webbing, grommets, hemp rope
75 swags; each swag 32" x 72"

Large-scale installation at historic Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Commissioned by FOR-SITE Foundation for the International Orange exhibition. Photo credit Ben Blackwell.

Trench Art , Textiles , Soldiers , Site-specific Works , Rope , Reenactments , Portraits , Participation , Linen , Installations , Forts , Bunting

Fort Point Bunting
2012
painted linen, military webbing, grommets, hemp rope
75 swags; each swag 32" x 72"

Large-scale installation at historic Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Commissioned by FOR-SITE Foundation for the International Orange exhibition. Photo credit Ben Blackwell.

Trench Art , Textiles , Soldiers , Site-specific Works , Rope , Portraits , Participation , Linen , Installations , Forts , Flags , Bunting

Fort Point Bunting
2012
painted linen, military webbing, grommets, hemp rope
75 swags; each swag 32" x 72"

Large-scale installation at historic Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Commissioned by FOR-SITE Foundation for the International Orange exhibition. Photographs and quotations on tags were collected by Starlyn Lara of Swords to Plowshares' Women Veterans Project as part of SHOUT! Art by Women Veterans. Photo credit Allison Smith.

Uniforms , Textiles , Soldiers , Site-specific Works , Rope , Prints , Portraits , Photographic Works , Participation , Linen , Installations , Forts , Bunting , Archival Pigment

From Many One, From Anyone
2012
archival giclée prints on silk

"We the People," Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College. Photo credit Andrzej Pilarczyk.

Textiles , Site-specific Works , Silk , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Participation , Installations , Curtains , Banners , Backdrops , Archival Pigment

From Many One, From Anyone
2012
archival giclée prints on silk

"We the People," Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College. Photo credit Andrzej Pilarczyk.

Textiles , Site-specific Works , Silk , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Participation , Installations , Curtains , Cheater Cloth , Banners , Backdrops , Archival Pigment

Tilt-top Table (Star of Bethlehem)
2013
archival pigment print on silk, mahogany
47 x 30 x 25 inches

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Wood , Tilt-top Tables , Textiles , Silk , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Satellite Dishes , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Mirrors , Furniture , Cheater Cloth , Archival Pigment

From Many One, From Anyone
2012
archival giclée prints on silk

"We the People," Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College. Photo credit Andrzej Pilarczyk.

Textiles , Site-specific Works , Silk , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Participation , Installations , Curtains , Cheater Cloth , Bedding , Banners , Backdrops , Archival Pigment

Rudiments of Fife & Drum: Flag and Bunting
2013
Linen, mixed media

"Allison Smith: Rudiments of Fife & Drum," The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Photo credit Allison Smith.

Textiles , Site-specific Works , Linen , Installations , Flags , Bunting

Dyed Wool, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
2013
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
24 x 32 inches / Frame: 25 x 33 x 2 inches, Edition of 3

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Wool , Textiles , Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Archival Pigment

Stolen Skins, San Juan Bautista, California
2013
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
32 x 24 inches / Frame: 33 x 25 x 2 inches, Edition of 3

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Textiles , Sculptural Objects , Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Glass Eyes , Archival Pigment

Spongeware Plate, Waterford Fair, Virginia
2013
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
32 x 24 inches / Frame: 33 x 25 x 2 inches, Edition of 3

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Textiles , Reenactments , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Ceramics , Archival Pigment

Squatter Bed, Conner Prairie, Indiana
2013
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
24 x 32 inches / Frame: 25 x 33 x 2 inches, Edition of 3

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Ticking , Textiles , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Photographic Works , Overshot , Living History , Linen , Bedding , Archival Pigment

Puffy Sleeve, Wadsworth Atheneum, Connecticut
2013
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
32 x 24 inches / Frame: 33 x 25 x 2 inches, Edition of 3

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Textiles , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Photographic Works , Linen , Costumes , Clothing , Archival Pigment

Cotton Sack, Frogmore Plantation, Louisiana
2013
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
32 x 24 inches / Frame: 33 x 25 x 2 inches, Edition of 3

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Textiles , Sculptural Objects , Sacks , Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Archival Pigment

Confederate Uniform, Frogmore Plantation, Louisiana
2013
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
32 x 24 inches / Frame: 33 x 25 x 2 inches, Edition of 3

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Wool , Uniforms , Textiles , Soldiers , Sculptural Objects , Scare Crows , Reenactments , Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Figures , Costumes , Clothing , Archival Pigment

Cheater Cloth Curtain, Frogmore Plantation, Louisiana
2013
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
32 x 24 inches / Frame: 33 x 25 x 2 inches, Edition of 3

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Textiles , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Curtains , Archival Pigment

Band Boxes, Conner Prairie, Indiana
2013
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
32 x 24 inches / Frame: 33 x 25 x 2 inches, Edition of 3

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Textiles , Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Bandboxes , Archival Pigment

Portrait Studio, Richmond Town, New York
2013
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
32 x 24 inches / Frame: 33 x 25 x 2 inches, Edition of 3

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Windsor Chairs , Textiles , Sculptural Objects , Rope , Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Furniture , Curtains , Backdrops , Archival Pigment

Tilt-top Table (Star of Bethlehem)
2013
Archival pigment print on silk, mahogany
48.75 x 30 x 21 inches

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Wood , Tilt-top Tables , Textiles , Silk , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Satellite Dishes , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Mirrors , Furniture , Cheater Cloth , Archival Pigment

Tilt-top Table (Scattergood)
2013
Archival pigment print on silk, cherry
48.75 x 30 x 21 inches

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Wood , Tilt-top Tables , Textiles , Silk , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Satellite Dishes , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Mirrors , Furniture , Cheater Cloth , Archival Pigment

Tilt-topTable (Kaleidoscope)
2013
Archival pigment print on silk, walnut
48.75 x 30 x 21 inches

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Wood , Tilt-top Tables , Textiles , Silk , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Mirrors , Furniture , Cheater Cloth , Archival Pigment

Untitled (Conner Prairie, Indiana)
2013
Archival Pigment Prints on Linen, Ticking, Featherbed, Overshot Weaving
15 x 69 x 50 inches

Wool , Ticking , Textiles , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Photographic Works , Overshot , Living History , Linen , Bedding , Archival Pigment

Windsor Chairs
2014
Archival Pigment Print on Linen, Canvas, Grommets, Nails
92 x 71 inches

Windsor Chairs , Textiles , Prints , Photographic Works , Linen , Backdrops , Archival Pigment

Hand Dyed Wool, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
2014
Archival Pigment Print on Linen, Wood, Paint, Metal
36 x 88 x 3 inches

Wool , Textiles , Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Banners , Archival Pigment

Hand Dyed Wool, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia (detail)
2014
Archival Pigment Print on Linen, Wood, Paint, Metal
36 x 88 x 3 inches

Wool , Textiles , prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Banners , Archival Pigment

Curtain, Frogmore Plantation, Louisiana
2013
Archival Pigment Print on Linen, Linen Cord
32 x 24 inches

"Set Dressing," The Arts Club, Chicago; "The Collectors," Haines Gallery, San Francisco

Textiles , Sculptural Objects , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Curtains , Cheater Cloth , Archival Pigment

White Gloves, Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts
2014
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
32 x 24 inches

Edition of 3

Textiles , Silk , Ribbons , Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Costumes , Clothing , Archival Pigment

Ticking, Plimoth Plantation, Massachusetts
2014
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
24 x 32 inches

Edition of 3

Ticking , Textiles , Sculptural Objects , Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Bedding , Archival Pigment

Breeches, Plimoth Plantation, Massachusetts
2014
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
32 x 24 inches

Edition of 3

Textiles , Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Costumes , Clothing , Archival Pigment

Powdered Wig, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
2014
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
31 3/4 x 24 inches

Edition of 3

Wigs , Textiles , Sculptural Objects , Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Horsehair , Costumes , Archival Pigment

Pockets, Lowell, Massachusetts
2014
Archival Pigment Print on Linen, Cotton Seersucker, Nails
21 x 26 inches

Textiles , Sculptural Objects , Prints , Pockets , Photographic Works , Linen , Clothing , Archives , Archival Pigment

Dropcloth, Plimoth Plantation, Massachusetts
2014
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
31 3/4 x 24 inches

Edition of 3

Textiles , Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Hay , Canvas , Archival Pigment

Crewel Work
2011

Alula Editions, San Francisco, CA

Wool , Textiles , Snakes , Silkscreen , Prints , Needle Work , Linen , Kits , Editions , Crewel Work , Cheater Cloth

Crewel Work
2011

Alula Editions, San Francisco, CA

Wool , Textiles , Snakes , Silkscreen , Prints , Pomegranates , Needle Work , Multiples , Linen , Kits , Editions , Crewel Work , Cheater Cloth

Crewel Work
2011

Alula Editions, San Francisco, CA

Wool , Textiles , Snakes , Prints , Pomegranates , Needle Work , Multiples , Linen , Kits , Editions , Crewel Work , Cheater Cloth

Two of Wands (installation view)
2018

Photo by Jacob Koestler

Wreaths , Textiles , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Clothing , Candles , Backdrops , Archival Pigment

Pocket Book
2017
wool, flowers and grasses
1” h x 9 ¼” w x 5” d

Photo credit Josef Jacques. "Sunny A. Smith: The Compass Rose," Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (13 January - 12 March 2023)

Wool , Textiles , Flame Stitch

Photo by Lotten Palsson

Wood , Textiles , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Scare Crows , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Furniture , Costumes , Clothing , Brooms , Antennas

Photo by Lotten Palsson

Textiles , Shop Signs , Sculptural Objects , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Flags , Backdrops

Photo by Lotten Palsson

Wood , Textiles , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Satellite Dishes , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Furniture , Costumes , Clothing , Brooms , Baskets

Photo by Lotten Palsson

Wood , Textiles , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Scare Crows , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Furniture , Costumes , Clothing , Baskets , Antennas

Photo by Pavel Matveyev

Wrought Iron , Textiles , Slippers , Shearling , Sconces , Photographic Works , Period Rooms , Performative Sculptures , Living History , Linen , Installations , Forts , Cauldrons , Brooms , Bedding , Backdrops , Archival Pigment