Reiko Sudo, Nuno Corporation, and others
Carnival
1993
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Polyester, cotton embroidery thread, Overall (received size): 147 × 55 1/2 in. (373.4 × 141 cm.)
Other (final length after hemming to create casing): 143 1/4 in. (363.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchased in Memory of Dena S. Katzenberg, Consultant Curator of Textiles, 1969-2000, with funds contributed by her Family and Friends
Object Number
2002.55
Japanese-Brazilian artist Mayumi Ito’s cartoon-like drawing of figures that appear to be miming “See no evil. Speak no evil. Hear no evil,” provides an untraditional subject for the age-old technique of embroidery. NUNO machine-embroidered the
design in cotton cord on sheer translucent polyester, thus giving it that revealing suké suké quality.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2002; textile was purchased directly from manufacturer
NUNO: Japanese Tradition/Innovation in Cloth
Cara McCarty and Matilda McQuaid, Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1998
Inscribed: None.
