NATASHA-EILAND-Obituary

NATASHA EILAND

San Francisco, California

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Natasha Eiland Our dear Natasha Eiland passed away on July 19th after a long battle with breast cancer. Born Darlene Lugar in Gary, Indiana in 1941 and educated at Purdue, she settled in Seattle where, among her many other endeavors, she was the founding board member and an important champion of...

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August 1, 2012

Our sympathies to the family and hope that the great memories they have of you will sustain them over time.

Don & Ingrid Lemaster, Grass Valley, California

Dear Emmett and family, Our hearts are saddened. Natasha was so fun, so smart, so wonderful. She was a valiant warrior during her struggle with cancer. We will miss her always.
Marlene and Rick Zuehlsdorff

Natasha Eiland will always be remembered by me for the keenness of her perception that fine tribal textiles need be understood as true Art with a capital A and not just ethnography. To that end, she created to my knowledge the first gallery in the Bay Area devoted exclusively to showing of such pieces,separate from the family rug business, circa 1979-80. As a very green young dealer, I was extremely proud that she selected some of my Bolivian and Indonesian weavings to put on view. For this...

This planet has lost a beautiful sparkling light. Natasha will be missed by so many.... Emmett, you know how we feel. with love,
Richelle Lieberman & Noah Harms