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

Sweetlife
2000
Blown glass, gouache on paper, candy, silkscreen print on Kraft paper

"Allison Smith: Consuming Nostalgia," Eldridge Street Project, Eldridge Street Synagogue, New York. Glass candy jars blown at the RISD Glass Department in Providence, Rhode Island. Some jars part of "Mom-n-Pop," collection of The West Collection. Photo credit Liz Deschennes.

Site-specific Works , Silkscreen , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Sacks , Pushcarts , Prints , Paper , Multiples , Installations , Gouache , Glass , Editions , Candy , Activated Space

Sweetlife
2000
Blown glass, sikscreen printed papers, mixed media

Site-specific Works , Silkscreen , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Pushcarts , Prints , Multiples , Kits , Installations , Gouache , Glass , Editions , Candy , Activated Space

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
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.

Whitman's Samplers , Wax , Tents , Site-specific Works , Sculptural Objects , Prototypes , Prints , Performative Sculptures , Participation , Paper , Needle Work , Multiples , Market Stalls , Lanterns , Kits , Jugs , Installations , Hay , Glass , Farby Labels , Editions , Canvas , Candy , Candles , Braided Rugs , Baskets , 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

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 , Bedding , 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

Rudiments of Fife & Drum: Broadside
2013
Silkscreen on chipboard, limited edition

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

Site-specific Works , Prints , Performances , Parades , Musical Instruments , Drums , Broadsides

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

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

Tortoiseshell and Slipware, Winterthur, Delaware
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.

Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Photographic Works , Linen , Ceramics , Archives , Archival Pigment

Spiral Stairwell, Fort Point, 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.

Reenactments , Prints , Photographic Works , Period Rooms , Living History , Linen , Forts , 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

Porcelain Flower Arrangement, 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.

Sculptural Objects , Prints , Photographic Works , Linen , Flower Arrangements , Ceramics , Archival Pigment

Officers' Quarters, Fort Point, 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.

Rope , Reenactments , Prints , Photographic Works , Period Rooms , Living History , Linen , Archival Pigment

Domestic Scene, 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.

Prints , Photographic Works , Period Rooms , Living History , Linen , Furniture , Curtains , 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

Chippendale Mirror, 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.

Prints , Photographic Works , Mirrors , Linen , Furniture , 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

Vertigo Horsehead, 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.

Sculptural Objects , Prints , Photographic Works , Performative Sculptures , Living History , Linen , Horsehair , Hobby Horses , 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

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

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

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

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

A Deception
2009/2014
Archival Pigment Print on Exhibition Fiber Paper
44 x 29.5 inches

Allison Smith & Christina Linden Edition of 3

Self-portraits , Reenactments , Prints , Photographic Works , Linen , Editions , Curtains

Ledger, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
2014
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
24 x 32 inches

Edition of 3

Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Photographic Works , Marbling , Living History , Linen , Handmade Paper , Books , Archival Pigment

Sideboard
2014
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
53 x 49 inches

Prints , Photographic Works , Linen , Furniture , Archival Pigment

Gateleg Table
2014
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
50 x 64 inches

Prints , Photographic Works , Linen , Furniture , 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

Hair, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
2014
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
32 x 24 inches

Edition of 3

Wigs , Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Horsehair , Archival Pigment

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

Edition of 3

Prints , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Cauldrons , 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

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

Swatch Book, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
2014
Archival Pigment Print on Linen, Appropriated Printed Linen Swatch, Designed by Josef Frank
24 x 32 inches

Silk , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Photographic Works , Marbling , Living History , Linen , Archival Pigment