Thread Lines. Lenore Tawney, Union of Water and Fire, 1974, Linen, 38 x 36 inches. Collection of Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

Thread Lines. Ellen Lesperance, December 12, 1983: Standing Beside the Communal Campfire, She Read Aloud From The Front Page News: “Women at War! 25,000 in Greenham Base Demo,” 2012, Gouache and graphite on tea stained paper, 26 x 34 3/4 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Ambach and Rice, Los Angeles

Thread Lines. Alan Shields, Colors in Clay, 1988, Watercolor, stitching on handmade paper, 18 x 18 inches. Courtesy of the Estate and Van Doren Waxter

Thread Lines. Louise Bourgeois, Untitled, 2006, Fabric, 15 x 22 1/4 inches. Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York © The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.

Thread Lines. Sheila Hicks, Punched Notations, 2012. Paper and synthetic yarn, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Andrea and José Olympio Pereira Collection

Thread Lines. Elaine Reichek, Desire, Dread, Despair, 2012. Hand embroidery on linen. 26 1/4 x 26 3/4 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Zach Feuer, New York, and Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California

Thread Lines. William J. O’Brien, Untitled, 2013, Felt on felt, Six parts each: 23 7/8 x 19 3/4 inches , Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York

Xanti Schawinsky, Euclidian (Head Drawings), 1945, Graphite on paper, 31 1/2 x 23 inches (80.1 x 58.4 cm), Copyright The Estate of Xanti Schawinsky, Switzerland, Courtesy of The Estate of Xanti Schawinsky, Switzerland and BROADWAY 1602, New York

Xanti Schawinsky, Rocky Fellow (Head Drawings), 1944, Graphite on paper, 31 x 22 1/2 inches (78.74 x 57.15 cm), Copyright The Estate of Xanti Schawinsky, Switzerland, Courtesy of The Estate of Xanti Schawinsky, Switzerland and BROADWAY 1602, New York

Xanti Schawinsky, The Admiral (Faces of War), 1942, Mixed media, watercolor and black pen on paper, 29 3/8 x 21 3/8 inches (74.6 x 54.4 cm), Copyright and courtesy of The Estate of Xanti Schawinsky, Switzerland

Xanti Schawinsky, The Aviator (Faces of War), 1942, Mixed media, watercolor and black pen on paper, 28 7/8 x 21 inches (73.4 x 53.4 cm), Copyright and courtesy of The Estate of Xanti Schawinsky, Switzerland

Xanti Schawinsky, The Warrior (Faces of War), 1942 , Mixed media, watercolor, and black pen on paper, 29 x 21 3/8 inches (73.7 x 54.2 cm), Copyright and courtesy of The Estate of Xanti Schawinsky, Switzerland

Xanti Schawinsky, Architectural Design, 1945 Mixed media, water color and black pen on paper, 20 3/4 x 28 7/8 inches (52.7 x 73.4 cm), Copyright and courtesy of The Estate of Xanti Schawinsky, Switzerland