Gees Bend Quilt

Condition: Good The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU: 1982 African American Quilts, Southern Quilts, Gee’s Bend

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of varied textiles and the quilt’s bold yet harmonious visual rhythm evoke the spirit of Gee’s Bend

High Museum of Art in Atlanta. The "Housetop" pattern is a signature design of the Gee's Bend quilters

, striped vintage runner, flat-woven hallway runner, colorful recycled textile rug, Gee’s Bend quilt style

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the Southern United States—most famously seen in the Gee’s Bend quilts of Alabama. These historical

storied textile traditions of the Gee’s Bend quilts from Alabama. With its dynamic asymmetry, saturated

, demonstrating how his engagement with the Gee’s Bend quilt tradition extended beyond color into structure

cabinet’s façade directly evokes the strip compositions of Gee’s Bend quilts, whose rhythmic bands

surface draws directly from the visual language of Gee’s Bend quilts, particularly those incorporating

, resembling the craft of quilt making. These works reference the utilitarian beauty of Gee's Bend quilts as

, recalling Gee’s Bend quilts—one of Rose’s acknowledged influences. Each panel feels individual yet

surface draws directly from the strip-quilt tradition of Gee’s Bend, whose layered bands, irregular

disciplined composition. The cabinet’s surface draws directly from the strip quilt tradition of Gee’s Bend

. The result is reminiscent of a Gee’s Bend patchwork quilt. As with all of Richard’s work, the

” quilt style favored by many quilters of Gee’s Bend. Long strips of dyed canvas are pieced together in

sources, including Shaker furniture, Asian cabinetry, and the quilts of Gee’s Bend, yet these influences

cabinetry, and the quilts of Gee’s Bend, yet these influences were never literal. Instead, Rose translated

cultural sources, including Shaker furniture, Asian cabinetry, and the quilts of Gee’s Bend, yet these

Gee’s Bend, yet these influences were never literal. Instead, Rose translated their underlying

Quilters of Gee’s Bend as inspiration for pattern and color, as well as charts, iconography, and satellite

tethered to architecture and domestic form. Where his quilt cabinets translate Gee’s Bend influences into

of the iconic quilts of Gee’s Bend, Alabama—celebrated for their raw beauty and rhythmic, intuitive

his own unique visual vernacular. The quilts of Gee's Bend have become a monumental influence taking

his own unique visual vernacular. The quilts of Gee's Bend have become a monumental influence taking

unique visual vernacular. The quilts of Gee's Bend have become a monumental influence taking this

his own unique visual vernacular. The quilts of Gee's Bend have become a monumental influence taking

minimalism of the Shaker technique and created his own unique visual vernacular. The quilts of Gee's Bend

his own unique visual vernacular. The quilts of Gee's Bend have become a monumental influence taking

minimalism of the Shaker technique and created his own unique visual vernacular. The quilts of Gee's Bend

his own unique visual vernacular. The quilts of Gee's Bend have become a monumental influence taking

quilters of Gee’s Bend. These works are often referred to as “artifacts” rather than “art,” and who’s

hieroglyphs, Incan quipu forms of storytelling, aboriginal paintings from Australia and the quilters of Gee

quilters of Gee’s Bend. These works are often referred to as “artifacts” rather than “art,” and who’s

quilters of Gee’s Bend. These works are often referred to as “artifacts” rather than “art,” and who’s

and created his own unique visual vernacular. The quilts of Gee's Bend have become a monumental

minimalism of the Shaker technique and created his own unique visual vernacular. The quilts of Gee's Bend

and created his own unique visual vernacular. The quilts of Gee's Bend have become a monumental

, including Shaker furniture, Asian cabinetry, and the quilts of Gee’s Bend, yet these influences were never

hieroglyphs, Incan quipu forms of storytelling, aboriginal paintings from Australia and the quilters of Gee

. Like quilters of Gee Bend, John often begins a work with little idea of where it will take her

. Like quilters of Gee Bend, John often begins a work with little idea of where it will take her

. Like quilters of Gee Bend, John often begins a work with little idea of where it will take her

. Like quilters of Gee Bend, John often begins a work with little idea of where it will take her

. Like quilters of Gee Bend, John often begins a work with little idea of where it will take her

. Like quilters of Gee Bend, John often begins a work with little idea of where it will take her

. Like quilters of Gee Bend, John often begins a work with little idea of where it will take her

. Like quilters of Gee Bend, John often begins a work with little idea of where it will take her

. Like quilters of Gee Bend, John often begins a work with little idea of where it will take her

, including Shaker furniture, Asian cabinetry, and the quilts of Gee’s Bend, yet these influences were never

sources, including Shaker furniture, Asian cabinetry, and the quilts of Gee’s Bend, yet these influences

Gee’s Bend, yet these influences were never literal. Instead, Rose translated their underlying