Carmean, E. A., Jr., et al., "The Sculpture of Nancy Graves: A Catalogue Raisonne," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1987.
Summary:
Nautical ropes and strings of diverse lengths and widths cast in bronze. They form a rough circle on the floor, come together at a piece of rope placed horizontally, and they continue up from there, spreading out as they go. Small circular forms and other shapes of various colors interspersed.