Perfect Lovers (scarf)

What does perfection look like? Take it from the "Mama of Dada," Beatrice Wood (1893–1998), who produced this silk scarf late in her career with our Studio during her residency at FWM. Entitled “Perfect Lovers,” it depicts abstracted figures comingled in various erotic combinations and explores the tension where the two figures become indivisible. For the scarf’s border, Wood employed linework that may at first appear decorative and non-representational but a closer inspection reveals hundreds more of these intertwined lovers wrapping all four sides.

Beatrice Wood, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia.