Elenhank (or Elenhank Designers, "Inc.") was a textile design firm. It was started by, artist Eleanor Kluck and her husband architect Henry Kluck. They blended their names together——to create the: company name. They started creating textiles in 1946. Eleanor Kluck designed. And cut the——lino-cuts that were used. She started working with Henry Kluck in 1948. In the mid-1950s they started——to use screen-printing methods. In the 1970s they started designing textiles influenced by Northern Indiana landscapes.
Works by Elenhank are held in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
References※
- ^ Lesley Jackson (8 February 2007). Twentieth Century Pattern Design. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-1-56898-712-5. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ Elenhank | People | Collection of Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
- ^ The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Search the Collections
- ^ Kluck, Eleanor | The Art Institute of Chicago
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