Lenore Tawney

Lenore Tawney was recorded at birth as Lenora Agnes Gallagher. The authorities additionally record the headings Lenore G. Tawney, Lenore Agnes Gallagher, Lenora Tawney and Leonora Agnes Gallagher.

Lenore Tawney received Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award, Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship and Fellow of the American Craft Council. Work by Lenore Tawney is held by Art Institute of Chicago, Tate, Whitney Museum of American Art and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

21 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1907 to 1984.

Cloud. Untitled, dated 1974, held by Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1975.39. Cloud Series, dated 1907, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 1977.47.35. Box of Falling Stars, dated 1984, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 1992.83. In the Dark Forest, dated 1959, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 1992.90. In Silence, dated 1968, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 1993.54.18. The Advocate's Library, dated 1967, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 1993.54.19. The Bride, dated 1962, linen, feathers, wood, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2023.643. Triune, dated 1961, linen, wool, and silk, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1983.22. Shrouded River, dated 1966, linen, wood, metal, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2023.644. The Bride Has Entered, dated 1982, cotton, plain weave; painted with pigment and gold leaf; attached linen threads in grid pattern, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1990.537. Waters Above the Firmament, dated 1976, linen, warp-faced weft-ribbed plain weave with discontinuous wefts; 18th/19th century manuscript pages cut into strips, attached, and painted with liquitex acrylic paint; braided, knotted, and cut warp fringe, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1983.203. Connoissance, dated 1967, pen and black ink, over collage of letterpress in black ink on tan wove papers, torn, and color lithographs on off-white wove paper, cut, and pasted onto tan laid paper book page with letterpress, laid down on two cream wove paper book pages with letterpress in black, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2003.602. Yellows, dated 1958, wool, linen, cotton, and silk, plain weave with discontinuous weft open warp areas; knotted warp fringe; feathers, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1991.820. Shield, dated c. 1967/85, linen, warp-faced weft-ribbed plain weave; embellished with sparrow feathers; wooden rods; braided warp fringe embellished with whelk egg cases and warp fringe knotted to silk, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1997.355. Landscape, dated 1958, silk, cotton, bast fibers (probably linen), and rayon, plain weave with discontinuous wefts and exposed warps; knotted warp fringe over wooden pole wrapped with linen, plain weave, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1981.37. Eskimo with Envelope, dated 1981, pen and black ink and pencil and collage, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1981.202. Cañon de Chelly, dated 1980, pen and black ink and watercolor and collage, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1981.169. Vintage Car (verso), dated 1976, pen and black ink and pencil and watercolor and collage, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1981.190.b. Factory Butte, Utah, dated 1980, pen and black ink and watercolor and collage, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1981.164. Indian Art from Mesa Verde, dated 1980, pen and black ink and watercolor and collage, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1981.168.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 5 named public collections.

Smithsonian American Art Museum: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Cleveland Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 142 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Tawney, Lenore, Oxford Art Online, 2018. Tawney, Lenore, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Lenore Tawney, Contemporary American Women Sculptors, 1986. Lenore Tawney, 2019. Tawney, Lenore (1907–2007)., Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art, 2017.

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (5062136-1) and Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) (500463609).

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Lenore Tawney studied at IIT Institute of Design and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

The field of work recorded is fiber art.

Membership is recorded of Coenties Slip.

Work by Lenore Tawney is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Tate, Whitney Museum of American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Museum of Modern Art.

Distinctions recorded are Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award, Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship and Fellow of the American Craft Council.