Claire Zeisler, Triptych, 1967, Knotted and tied dyed
wool. Smart Museum of Art, The University of
Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Starrels,
Sr., 1973.213a-c.
“[T]he monochrome has been a conceptually rooted practice since the time of Bilhaud and Allais, requiring words to animate otherwise inscrutable images.”