Sarah Benning
'Snowball' variation (quilt maker's name: 'Bow Tie'), c. 1955
Cotton, velveteen, synthetics
256.5 x 215.9 cm, 101 x 85 in
© Sarah Benning / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London
Provenance
The ArtistSouls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta, US
Exhibitions
Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA; travelled to Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA; Orlando Museum of Art, Florida, USA; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, USA; The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA; Denver Museum of Art, Colorado, USA; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA, 4 June 2006 - 14 December 2008Publications
Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. Tinwood Books, 2006, p.123.Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts. Tinwood Books, 2002, p.369.