Poster for Robert Flaherty’s 1926 film Moana, showing a woman making tapa cloth. The film inspired Dorr Bothwell’s move to Samoa.Young woman painting tapa cloth, a still from Robert Flaherty’s 1926 film Moana.Painting Siapo – Samoa by Dorr Bothwell (1929). Woodblock print (proof 7). Private collection.Getting ready to paint a siapo mamanu – Leone Tutuila by Dorr Bothwell (Samoa 1929). Drawing. Collection of the Bishop Museum.Siapo Mamanu by Dorr Bothwell (Samoa 1929). One of a series of seventeen measured siapo mamanu drawings Bothwell made for a report she submitted to the Bishop Museum. Archives of American Art. Collection of the Bishop Museum.Samoan textile design drawn by Dorr Bothwell on the cover of her 1942 illustrated diary. Archives of American Art.Still Life with Figs, a textile-inspired painting by Dorr Bothwell. Oil (28″ x 22″). Private collection.Portrait of Dorothy Liebes by Dorr Bothwell (1944). Oil (41.75″ x 32″). Private collection.Dorr Bothwell’s friend, master weaver Dorothy Liebes in her studio. Photo: Charles E. Steinheimer, LIFE Magazine (1947).Dorothy Liebes, at a loom in her studio. Photo: Charles E. Steinheimer, LIFE Magazine (1947).Dorothy Liebes weaving in her studio. Photo: Charles E. Steinheimer, LIFE Magazine (1947).Dorothy Liebes with some of her textiles. Photo: Charles E. Steinheimer, LIFE Magazine (1947).Textile from the Bothwell-Cooke Design Studio. (1936). Airbrush stencil on linen.Batik Cat by Dorr Bothwell (1976). Serigraph. Private collection.Shadow Play Cat by Dorr Bothwell (1976)> Serigraph. Private Collection.Mola Cat by Dorr Bothwell (1976). Serigraph inspired by the mola work of the Guna (historically, spelled Cuna) people of Panama and Columbia. Private collection.Twin Mola Cats by Dorr Bothwell (1976). Serigraph inspired by the mola work of the Guna (historically, spelled Cuna) people of Panama and Columbia. Private Collection.Nigerian Series: Head Load by Dorr Bothwell. Serigraph inspired by Nigerian batiks. Private collection.Nigerian Series: Night Fish by Dorr Bothwell (1969). Serigraph inspired by Nigerian batiks. Private collection.Modern Furnishings for the Home (catalog by William J. Hennessey; published by Reinhold 1952) featuring textile designs by Dorr Bothwell and her friend and former roommate, Tammis Keefe.Textile designs by Dorr Bothwell (p.262) and Tammis Keefe (p.263), Modern Furnishings for the Home, catalog by William J. Hennessey, Reinhold, publisher (1952).Portal: Long Ago & Far Far Away by Dorr Bothwell (1988). Collage and acrylic on canvas. Private collection.Japanese Easter Bunny by Dorr Bothwell (1989). Serigraph design influenced by Japanese textiles. Private collection.Portal: La Donna e Mobile by Dorr Bothwell (1988), a textile-inspired work. Acrylic and acrylic transfer on canvas (16″ x 20″). Private collection.Tau/Tao Series No. 3: Past History by Dorr Bothwell (1994). Textile-inspired mixed media collage (16″ x 12″). Private collection.
