A work made of faience beads on bast fiber (probably linen).

Bead Net Funerary Shroud

Edition · Print

Fine-art print after Ancient Egyptian

Art Institute of Chicago

Thread 92392

Creativity & Expansion

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Art Institute of Chicago

The original is held by the Art Institute of Chicago and is not for sale. Art Sutra produces licensed fine-art prints from its open-access record.

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Produced to order in your choice of material and size, printed by Art Sutra from the Art Institute of Chicago’s open-access record under public-domain terms. The original is not for sale and stays where it is; this is that image, honestly labelled.

MaterialArchival pigment on 310gsm cotton rag. Matte, unglazed, supplied rolled or framed.SizeFinishShipped rolled in a rigid tube. The cheapest to ship and the easiest to frame locally.

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37 × 45 cm
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Printed and fulfilled by Art Sutra from the Art Institute of Chicago’s open-access record of Bead Net Funerary Shroud, with the artist and the holding institution named on the certificate that ships with every edition.

Curator’s note

Ancient Egyptian (Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664-525 BCE)) from Egypt. Held in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and released into the public domain, offered here as a museum-quality edition within the creativity thread.

Details

Artist: Egyptian
Date: Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664-525 BCE)
Medium: Faience beads on bast fiber (probably linen)
Dimensions: 45.7 × 40 × 3.8 cm · 18.0 × 15.7 in
Origin: Egypt
Collection: Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson

Placing a creativity & expansion work

Rhythm over resolution. Musicians mid-phrase, dancers caught between positions, abstraction that refuses to settle, birds leaving the frame. These are restless pictures on purpose — hung in studios, workshops and children's rooms, where a finished, closed composition would be the wrong company.

Direction: West — the quarter of expression and making
Rooms: Studios · Workshops · Children's rooms · Creative offices

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Provenance & rights

Source collection: Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson. Public domain (CC0). Offered as an Art Sutra Edition — a museum-quality print produced under open-access terms, with full attribution to the artist and holding institution.