Loretta Pettway (American, born 1942), Old Beauty, 2007, color softground and hardground etching with aquatint. 28 x 24.75 in. (71.1 x 62.9 cm.) Purchased with funds from the Art Collectors’ Council and the Virginia Steel Scott Foundation Acquisition Fund for American Art, 2019.8.32
Join muses Clare Kunny and Tamara Davidson as we explore the shared traditions of American quilt making. Gee’s Bend, Alabama, is home to one of the most important African American quilt-making traditions in the United States. A focused exhibition celebrates both individual and collective artistic practices unique to the community. "Gee's Bend: Shared Tradition" offers an installation of prints made by the Alabama quilters that shows a new approach to capturing the bold graphics and vivid colors their quilts. Our tour starts with the Gee's Bend quilt and prints it inspired before moving on to view a selection of quilts showing other traditions of American quilt-making from the Amish bar pattern to the popular lone star pattern.
*Admission to the Huntington not included.