Art Institute of Chicago
"Pinwheel" Quilt
Allie Pettway · c. 1975
Provenance
Ownership history
- William Arnet, The Tinwood Alliance, Atlanta, by Sept. 16. 2002 [incoming receipt RX23794, Sept. 16, 2002; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2002.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 265, A Century of Collecting: African American Art in The Art Institute of Chicago, Jan. 31, 2003–May 19, 2003, brochure.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Exploring Quilts: Art, History and Craftsmanship, Mar. 17–Sept. 12, 2004.
Literature
Published references
- John Beardsley, William Arnett, Paul Arnett, and Jane Livingstone, Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts (Atlanta: Tinwood Books, 2002), 18.
- Nancy Moffitt, "African-American folk art in new homne: Quilts from rural Alabama acquired by Art Institute" Chicago Sun Times (Mar. 25, 2003): 22.
- Christa C. Mayer Thurman and Jessica Batty, “Two-Sided Bedcover,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 29, 2 (2003): 30-31 (ill.).
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