A rectangular textile comprised of smaller blue, brown, grey, and rust-colored rectangles of various sizes. Thinner rectangles frame the longer 2 sides of every thicker rectangle, a pattern that repeats throughout the entirety of the textile. Different hues of each color repeat in a scattered fashion throughout the textile, with none of the same colors sharing a rectangular side.

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	We acquired this object.
1971	Work on this object began.
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Textile, Landis Shift, 1971

This is a Textile. It was created by Richard Landis.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Richard Landis as part of Color Decoded: The Textiles of Richard Landis.

It is dated 1971. Its medium is linen double weave.

The six-color palette of this early work includes black and white, along with strong reds, blues, and yellows. The crisply delineated full tones have the sparkle of sharp dark and light contrasts. The halftones, many of which are mixtures of warm and cool shades, are soft, and appear out of focus.

It is credited Richard Landis.