"Garfield and Arthur" Quilt

1. Shelly Zegart (1941-2025; born Rochelle Weiss) and Kenny Zegart (1940-2025), Louisville, KY, by 1985 [Florence 1985, 36-37; incoming receipt RX23406, Sept. 7, 2001; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2001.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Frankfort, KY, Old State Capital, The Political and Campaign Quilt, Oct. 1–Nov. 11, 1984.
• Houston, TX, International Quilt Festival, America Collects Quilts, Nov. 3–Nov. 6, 1994.
• Paducah, KY, Museum of the American Quilter's Society, Campaign Voice-Ballot Choices: Political Keepsakes and Quilts, Sept. 7, 1997–Jan. 18, 1998.
• Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, The Fabric of Persuasion: 200 Years of Political Quilts, Sept. 9–Nov. 19, 2000.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Exploring Quilts: Art, History and Craftsmanship, Mar. 17–Sep. 12, 2004, brochure.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Making Memories: Quilts as Souvenirs, Galleries 57-59, Oct. 20, 2017-Apr. 1, 2018.

• Cathy Gaines Florence, Collecting Quilts: Investing in America's Heritage (Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society, 1985), 36-37, no. 43 (ill.)
• Judy Martin, Shining Star Quilts (Wheatridge, CO: Moon Over Mountain Publishing Co., 1987), 12, 38, pl. xl (ill.).
• Lacy Folmar Bullard, Quilts: From Colonial to Contemporary (Illinois: Publications International, Ltd., 1992), 30 (ill.).
• Ljiljana Baird, Quilts (Philadelphia: Courage Books, 1994), 30 (ill.).
• Terri Zegart, Quilts: An American Heritage (New York: Smithmark Publishers Inc., 1994), 19 top (ill.).
• Michael S. Rosenwald, "Shelly Zegart, Who Stitched Quilting to History and Art, Dies," New York Times (Aug. 21, 2025).

Development in Rose II

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Vase

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Christo, Central Park, New York City

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Study for Six Prayers: No. IV

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Northwesterly

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Sample

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Annie, Seated

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"Feather-Edged Star" Quilt

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