COPYRIGHT AND PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has made every effort to contact all copyright holders for images and objects reproduced in this book. If proper acknowledgment has not been made, we ask copyright holders to contact the Museum. We regret any omissions. Certain illustrations are covered by claims to copyright listed below. All works and images reproduced in this catalogue are © Olga de Amaral, except where noted below. Cover: Olga de Amaral, Lienzo F (Canvas F) (detail), 2016, linen, gesso, and acrylic. Photograph © Diego Amaral. Frontispiece: Olga de Amaral, Lienzo ceremonial 5 (Ceremonial Cloth 5) (detail), 1989, linen, acrylic, and gold leaf. Photograph © Diego Amaral. pp. 38–39: Olga de Amaral, Estelas (Stelae) (detail), various dates, linen, gesso, and gold leaf. Photograph © Diego Amaral. SQUARE WORDS AND GOLD LANDSCAPES: BUILDING A LIFE IN TEXTILES by Anna Walker Fig.1: © Cranbrook Archives, Center for Collections and Research, neg. AA2430-11. Photograph by Harvey Croze. Figs.2–3: © Archive Olga de Amaral. Fig.4: © Archive Olga de Amaral. Photo by Hernán Díaz. Fig.5: Courtesy American Craft Council Library & Archives. Photo by George Rehsteiner. Fig.6: Courtesy American Craft Council Library & Archives. Fig.7: © Archive Olga de Amaral. Fig.8: Photograph © Andrew Miller. AN ALCHEMIST’S EXPERIMENTS: OLGA DE AMARAL IN CONTEMPORARY ART by Laura Mott Fig.1: © 2020 Estate of Ruth Asawa / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph © The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Photograph by Thomas R. DuBrock. Fig.2: Courtesy American Craft Council Library & Archives. Photo © Diane Witlin. Fig.3: © Archive Olga de Amaral. Fig.4: © Jannis Kounellis Estate. Courtesy Jannis Kounellis Estate and Gavin Brown’s enterprise New York/Rome. Fig.5: © Archive Olga de Amaral. Fig.6: Courtesy American Craft Council Library & Archives. Fig.7: © 2020 Fred Sandback Archive. Courtesy Fred Sandback Archive and David Zwirner. Fig.8: © Archive Olga de Amaral. Fig.9: © Christo. Photograph © The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Photograph by Will Michels. Fig.10: © Estate of Jesús Rafael Soto. Used by permission. Photograph by Thomas R. DuBrock. FEATURED WORKS pp.40, 47: © Archive Olga de Amaral. pp.38–39, 41, 45, 48–49, 66–67, 73, 76–77, 81–89, 95, 97–99, 101–103, 105–111, 113–115, 117–119, 121–123, 125–127: Photographs © Diego Amaral. pp.42–43: Image © Denver Art Museum. p.51: Photo by Eva Heyd. pp.52–53, 58: Photos: Minneapolis Institute of Art. pp.55, 68–71, 78–79, 90–93: Photographs © The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Photographs by Thomas R. DuBrock. pp.56–57: Photo credit: The Art Institute of Chicago/Art Resource, NY. pp.59, 62–63: Photography by Jon Bolton. pp.61, 65: Photography by PD Rearick. p.65: Courtesy of the Allrich Gallery, San Francisco. p.75: Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. CHRONOLOGY Fig.1: © Archive Olga de Amaral. Fig.2: © Cranbrook Archives, Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Academy of Art Publications, Series I: Exhibitions (1998-05a). Figs.3–5: © Archive Olga de Amaral. Figs.6–7: © Archive Olga de Amaral. Photograph © Diane Witlin. Fig.8: Photograph © Andrew Miller. Fig.9: Courtesy of Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, New York. Photograph by Bruce M.White. Fig.10: Photograph © Diego Amaral.