Mrs. Howard Altounian, Van Nuys, keeps painting in stitches

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Mrs. Howard Altounian, Van Nuys, keeps painting in stitches

Dean, Gordon

1963

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.

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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--1961-1970

Valley Times Collection photographs

California Digital Library

English

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