Blocks and Strips Work-Clothes Quilt

1942

Missouri Pettway

Quiltmaker, American, 1900 - 1981

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist [1902-1981], Boykin, Alabama; by inheritance 1981 to her son, Early Pettway, Boykin; purchased 1997 by William S. Arnett [1939-2020], Atlanta; gift 2002 to Tinwood Alliance, Atlanta; transfer 2010 to the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta; acquired 2020 by NGA through a gift/purchase agreement.

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Exhibition History

2002

  • The Quilts of Gee's Bend, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, followed by additional venues, 2002-2008.

2012

  • Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, 2012.

2016

  • The Keeper, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, 2016.

Bibliography

2000

  • Arnett, Paul, and William Arnett. Souls grown deep : African American vernacular art of the South. 2 vols. Atlanta, 2000-2001.

2006

  • Arnett, William et al. Gee's Bend: the architecture of the quilt. Atlanta, 2006.

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