Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt

Paul Arnett; William Arnett; Bernard Herman; Maggi Gordon; Diane Mott; Dilys Blum; Lauren Whitley; Amei Wallach; Joanne Cubbs

ISBN 10: 0971910456 / ISBN 13: 9780971910454

Verlag: Tinwood Books, Atlanta, 2006

Beschreibung

Fine in fine dust jacket.AS NEW. This copy is signed by nine of the quiltmakers on the half-title page and again by six of the quiltmakers at the photographs of their contributions. Signatures were gathered at the opening of the Gee's Bend quilts exhibit at the Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore) on June 16, 2007. The quiltmakers who signed on the half-title page are China Pettway, *Ruth L. Kennedy, Nettie Young, Mary Lee Bendolph, *Louisiana P. Bendolph, *Essie B. Pettway, Nancy Pettway, Loretta P. Bennett, and Lucy M. Mingo (*date following signature). The quiltmakers who signed at their contributions are Mary Lee Bendolph (p. 33), *Essie B. Pettway (p. 60), *Lucy M. Mingo (p. 82), Ruth L. Kennedy (p. 106), Loretta P. Bennett (pp. 165 and 167), and *Louisiana P. Bendolph (p.196). Unique item with signatures of these African-American artists of the unique Gee's Bend, Alabama quilt tradition.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers b11384

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt
• Verlag: Tinwood Books, Atlanta
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0971910456
• ISBN-13: 9780971910454
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: First Edition
• Zustand: Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine
• Signiert: Signed by Illustrators

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Inhaltsangabe

Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt is a book and exhibition that are part of an ongoing series of research projects about the African American community of Gee's Bend, Alabama, and its quilts. Surrounded on three sides by a river, Gee's Bend developed a distinctive local culture and quilt design aesthetic. The Quilts of Gee's Bend, the first exhibition to document the quiltmaking achievements from this remote enclave, was launched at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 2002. Subsequently presented at twelve major museums, the show was seen by over a million viewers and prompted an outpouring of popular interest and international critical acclaim. Expanding upon that initial exhibition and its accompanying publications, Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt - also developed by the Tinwood Alliance with the museum - offers a deeper look into the women and their art, and a more focused investigation into the nature, inspirations, and future of the Gee's Bend quilt tradition.

Reseña del editor

Since taking the art world by storm in 2002, the formerly downtrodden community of Gee's Bend, Alabama, has revitalized its one-of-a-kind quilt tradition. With nearly 100 never-before-seen modern masterpieces, this book documents the renaissance of a national artistic treasure.