2026 Benefit Auction: "The World Is The Work"
Tue, Sep 29, 2026 12:00PM EDT - Wed, Oct 14, 2026 12:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 150
Anne Wilson, "Material Drawing no. 9.14", 2020
Estimate: $8,000 - $8,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $100 |
| $1,000 | $200 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $20,000 |
Anne Wilson
Material Drawing no. 9.14, 2020
Damask cloth, ink, silk embroidery
Framed: 17 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (44.45 39.37 x 3.81cm)
Courtesy of the artist
Anne Wilson is a Chicago-based visual artist who creates sculpture, material drawings, and performances that explore themes of time, loss, and private and social rituals. Her artwork embraces conceptual strategies and handwork using everyday materials -- table linen, bed sheets, human hair, lace, thread, glass, and wire. Wilson’s artwork resides in permanent collections around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Arts and Design, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Des Moines Art Center; Detroit Institute of Arts; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England; Foundation Toms Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland; and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan.
Wilson was named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow in Fine Arts, a 2015 United States Artists Fellow, and is the recipient of awards from the ACC (2024 Gold Medal), Renwick Alliance (2022 Distinguished Educators Award), TextileSociety of America, Artadia, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, National Association of Schools of Art and Design, and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2025 Wilson received an honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Fiber and Material Studies.
Overall Dimensions
Height: 17.50 in
Width: 15.50 in
Depth: 1.50 in
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