Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- According to Greek mythology, Mount Parnassus is the home of the Muses and the god Apollo. Diane Sheehan's use of raffia, linen, and grass, all of which are traditional textile-making materials, allowed her to create a basket that echoes the shape of the Greek mountain. Marsh Grass-of-Parnassus is also a white flower that grows near Lake Superior in Wisconsin, where Sheehan lives and works. The overlapping sections in this basket resemble flower petals about to bloom.
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Diane Sheehan, born Elizabeth, NJ 1945
- Date
- 1986
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Theodore Cohen in memory of his mother and her sisters: Rose Melmon Cohen, Blanche Melmon, Mary Melmon Greenberg and Fanny Melmon Liberman
- Medium
- linen and raffia, grass
- Dimensions
- 8 1/2 x 13 x 13 in. (21.6 x 33.0 x 33.0 cm)
- Type
- Decorative Arts
- Crafts
