Mrs. Howard Altounian, Van Nuys, keeps painting in stitches
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated October 3, 1963 reads "She spins a yarn about her pictures in yarn; each takes about 1,000 hours." The article partially reads "The artist is 43-year-old Mrs. Howard Altounian, of Van Nuys, who has created 26 stitch paintings made by sewing hundreds of different colored pieces of knitting yarn onto burlap backing."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Women--California--Los Angeles Artists--California--Los Angeles Yarn in art Knitting--California--Los Angeles Flowers--California--Los Angeles Vases--California--Los Angeles Chairs--California--Los Angeles Tables--California--Los Angeles Paintings Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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