Traditional Framed Story Quilt
Located in Bradenton, FL
A traditional story quilt. A blue background is embroidered to tell the story of a tiger who kills
Category
Late 20th Century Tapestries
Materials
Metal
Story Quilt
Faith RinggoldSelf Portrait 2023 Signed Screen print Limited Edition, 2023
$7,000
H 28 in W 23 in D 1 in
Self Portrait 2023 Signed Screen print Limited Edition
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
American artist, author, and activist. Best known for her story quilts, paintings, and prints, she
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Faith RinggoldFaith Ringgold, Police Brutality Viewed Thru Stained Glass, 2007, 2007
$4,796Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.75 in W 13.75 in
Faith Ringgold, Police Brutality Viewed Thru Stained Glass, 2007
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Southampton, NY
institutional bias and exclusion. In the 1980s, Ringgold pioneered her celebrated “story quilts,” integrating
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Faith RinggoldFaith Ringgold, Slavery, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007, 2007
$4,796Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.75 in W 13.75 in
Faith Ringgold, Slavery, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Southampton, NY
pioneered her celebrated “story quilts,” integrating painting, fabric, and written narrative to chronicle
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Faith RinggoldFaith Ringgold, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007, 2007
$4,796Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.75 in W 13.75 in
Faith Ringgold, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Southampton, NY
institutional bias and exclusion. In the 1980s, Ringgold pioneered her celebrated “story quilts,” integrating
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Faith RinggoldFaith Ringgold, Brown Versus Board of Education 1954, 2007, 2007
$4,796Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.75 in W 13.75 in
Faith Ringgold, Brown Versus Board of Education 1954, 2007
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Southampton, NY
and exclusion. In the 1980s, Ringgold pioneered her celebrated “story quilts,” integrating painting
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Faith RinggoldFaith Ringgold, The Right to Vote, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007, 2007
$4,796Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.75 in W 13.75 in
Faith Ringgold, The Right to Vote, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Southampton, NY
institutional bias and exclusion. In the 1980s, Ringgold pioneered her celebrated “story quilts,” integrating
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Faith RinggoldFaith Ringgold, For Whites Only, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007, 2007
$4,796Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.75 in W 13.75 in
Faith Ringgold, For Whites Only, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Southampton, NY
and exclusion. In the 1980s, Ringgold pioneered her celebrated “story quilts,” integrating painting
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Faith RinggoldFaith Ringgold, Four Little Girls Bombed in a Church, 2007, 2007
$4,796Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.75 in W 13.75 in
Faith Ringgold, Four Little Girls Bombed in a Church, 2007
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Southampton, NY
institutional bias and exclusion. In the 1980s, Ringgold pioneered her celebrated “story quilts,” integrating
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Faith RinggoldFaith Ringgold, A letter From Martin Luther King, 2007, 2007
$4,796Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.75 in W 13.75 in
Faith Ringgold, A letter From Martin Luther King, 2007
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Southampton, NY
and exclusion. In the 1980s, Ringgold pioneered her celebrated “story quilts,” integrating painting
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
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"How the Elephant Got HIs Trunk" Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This charming pictorial quilt depicts the story of How the Elephant Got His Trunk from Rudyard
Category
Vintage 1930s American Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Somebody Stole My Broken Heart
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Brooklyn, NY
has created an oeuvre that is most well known for especially for their painted story quilts. This
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Faith RinggoldRinggold-Coming to Jones Road Under a Blood Red Sky #5, 2004 - Hand Signed, 2004
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H 35 in W 45 in D 0.1 in
Ringgold-Coming to Jones Road Under a Blood Red Sky #5, 2004 - Hand Signed
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Brooklyn, NY
) is based on her Coming to Jones Road story quilt series, which vividly narrates the perilous journey
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Faith RinggoldFAITH RINGGOLD Coming to Jones Road Under a Blood Red Sky #5, 2004 - Signed, 2004
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H 35 in W 45 in
FAITH RINGGOLD Coming to Jones Road Under a Blood Red Sky #5, 2004 - Signed
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Brooklyn, NY
is based on one of Ringgold's story quilts from the series Coming to Jones Road, which narrates the
Category
Early 2000s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Faith RinggoldFAITH RINGGOLD Coming to Jones Road Under a Blood Red Sky #5, 2004 - Hand Signed, 2004
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H 35 in W 45 in
FAITH RINGGOLD Coming to Jones Road Under a Blood Red Sky #5, 2004 - Hand Signed
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Brooklyn, NY
is based on one of Ringgold's story quilts from the series Coming to Jones Road, which narrates the
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
JAZZ STORIES: MAMA CAN SING PAPA CAN BLOW #7: LOVE ME
By Faith Ringgold
Located in New York, NY
institution which included paintings, political posters and story quilts from the past six decades. The image
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Permanent Marker, Screen
Faith Ringgold2007 Faith Ringgold 'Somebody Stole My Broken Heart' USA Lithograph, 2007
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H 30 in W 222.5 in D 0.1 in
2007 Faith Ringgold 'Somebody Stole My Broken Heart' USA Lithograph
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Brooklyn, NY
has created an oeuvre that is most well known for especially for their painted story quilts. This
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Faith Ringgold2007 Faith Ringgold 'Somebody Stole My Broken Heart' HAND-SIGNED, 2007
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H 30 in W 22.5 in D 0.1 in
2007 Faith Ringgold 'Somebody Stole My Broken Heart' HAND-SIGNED
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Brooklyn, NY
that is most well known for especially for their painted story quilts. This brightly colored serigraph
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Faith Ringgold2007 Faith Ringgold 'Somebody Stole My Broken Heart' USA Lithograph, 2007
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H 30 in W 22.5 in D 0.1 in
2007 Faith Ringgold 'Somebody Stole My Broken Heart' USA Lithograph
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Brooklyn, NY
that is most well known for especially for their painted story quilts. This brightly colored serigraph
Category
Early 2000s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Story of My Life Quilt
Located in San Francisco, CA
What a wildly, wonderful crazy quilt this is. From the collection of Esprit founder, Susie Tompkins.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Quilts
Materials
Wool, Cotton
"Poppies" Antique Quilt
Located in New York, NY
the author of the first American book about quilting, "Quilts, Their Story, And How to Make Them
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Alexander McQueen Black Quilted Leather The Tall Story Tote
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Carry everything you need in style thanks to this Alexander McQueen tote. Crafted from the best materials, this is an accessory that promises enduring style and usage.
Category
2010s Italian Tote Bags
Chanel Black Quilted Leather Success Story Trunk and Set of 4 Mini Bags
By Chanel
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Chanel Success Story Trunk set is a stunning collection in a diamond quilted box that includes
Category
2010s Suitcases and Trunks
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Antique Mennonite American Quilt. 5 ft 3 in x 5 ft 6 in
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and rare antique American Mennonite quilt, country of origin: America, circa 1860. Size: 5 ft 3 in x 5 ft 6 in (1.6 m x 1.68 m) This rare, Mennonite antique America qu...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American American Colonial Quilts
Materials
Wool
19th C Applique Quilt from Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C Applique quilt from Pennsylvania in good condition with swag floral border.This is quite unusual and unique.
Category
Antique 1860s American Country Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Elizabeth CatlettYOUNG DOUGLASS Signed Linocut, Black Portrait Head African American Civil Rights, 2004
$4,000Sale Price|25% Off
H 22.25 in W 14.75 in
YOUNG DOUGLASS Signed Linocut, Black Portrait Head African American Civil Rights
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
YOUNG DOUGLASS is a hand pulled, original limited edition relief print created using linoleum cut printmaking techniques on white archival Somerset White paper, 100% acid free. Hand ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Ernest CrichlowNEW DREAMS Original Lithograph, Black History, African American Women, 2002
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 24.5 in W 16.75 in
NEW DREAMS Original Lithograph, Black History, African American Women
By Ernest Crichlow
Located in Union City, NJ
NEW DREAMS is an original limited edition lithograph by the Harlem Renaissance, social realist African-American artist ERNEST CRICHLOW (1914-2005). NEW DREAMS was printed from hand d...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Romare BeardenGirl in the Garden (Gelburd/Rosenberg 62), Romare Bearden, 1979
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.75 in W 21.125 in
Girl in the Garden (Gelburd/Rosenberg 62), Romare Bearden
By Romare Bearden
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Romare Bearden (1911-1988) Title: Girl in the Garden (Gelburd/Rosenberg 62) Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 33/150, plus proofs Size: 28.75 x 2...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Romare BeardenBearden 'School Bell Time' Serigraph African American, 1994
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 35 in W 44 in D 0.1 in
Bearden 'School Bell Time' Serigraph African American
By Romare Bearden
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction of Romare Bearden's School Bell Time has been officially approved and numbered by the Bearden Foundation, with the foundation's seal printed in the lower right-hand...
Category
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
James DenmarkBACKYARD Signed Lithograph, Black Couple, African American Heritage, Quilts, 1996
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
H 36.25 in W 25.5 in
BACKYARD Signed Lithograph, Black Couple, African American Heritage, Quilts
By James Denmark
Located in Union City, NJ
BACKYARD by the artist James Denmark is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph printed on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free using traditional hand lithography techn...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jacob LawrenceSCHOMBURG LIBRARY 1986 Lithograph, African American History, Black Culture, 1986
$4,640Sale Price|20% Off
H 33.25 in W 23.5 in
SCHOMBURG LIBRARY 1986 Lithograph, African American History, Black Culture
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Union City, NJ
SCHOMBURG LIBRARY is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the renowned African American artist Jacob Lawrence, printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival A...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Elizabeth CatlettTHE DOOR OF JUSTICE Signed Lithograph, Black Lawyers Civil Rights Social Justice, 2000
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 24.25 in W 27.5 in
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE Signed Lithograph, Black Lawyers Civil Rights Social Justice
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE is an original, hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the highly acclaimed African-American woman artist Elizabeth Catlett, master printmaker and sculptor bes...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Romare BeardenIN THE GARDEN Signed Lithograph, Black Woman, Contemporary Collage Portrait, 1979
$6,240Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.5 in W 21 in
IN THE GARDEN Signed Lithograph, Black Woman, Contemporary Collage Portrait
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
IN THE GARDEN is a limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, in an edition size of 150 by the...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mother with Sons, 3rd Ward, Houston, TX
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, titled, dated and print type in pencil on print verso Vintage gelatin silver print Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers living today...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jonathan GreenFIRST SUNDAY Signed Lithograph, Black Church Women, Hats Children Gullah Culture, 1993
$7,500
H 25 in W 22.5 in
FIRST SUNDAY Signed Lithograph, Black Church Women, Hats Children Gullah Culture
By Jonathan Green
Located in Union City, NJ
FIRST SUNDAY is a hand drawn, early limited edition lithograph by the South Carolina artist JONATHAN GREEN printed in 1993, using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
William TolliverGOING TO CHURCH Signed Lithograph, Southern Landscape, African American Heritage, 1987
$5,000
H 26.5 in W 39.5 in
GOING TO CHURCH Signed Lithograph, Southern Landscape, African American Heritage
By William Tolliver
Located in Union City, NJ
GOING TO CHURCH is an original hand drawn lithograph (not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed on archival printmaking paper 100% acid free, using hand lithography techniqu...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Romare BeardenThe Open Door 1979 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph, 1979
$8,500
H 30 in W 22 in D 1 in
The Open Door 1979 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Romare Bearden
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Romare Bearden Title: The Open Door Year: 1979 Print: Lithograph on Somerset Paper Paper size : 22'' x 30'' Edition: Signed in pencil and marked 4/175 Romare Bearden is r...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Romare BeardenTHE LAMP Signed Lithograph Black Mother and Child Reading Brown vs. Board of Ed., 1984
$13,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.5 in W 21.5 in
THE LAMP Signed Lithograph Black Mother and Child Reading Brown vs. Board of Ed.
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
THE LAMP is a hand drawn limited edition color lithograph by the renowned American master artist Romare Bearden, proofed and printed using hand lithography in 19 colors plus silver f...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Kerry James MarshallKerry James Marshall - Keeping the Culture, silkscreen and linocut, Signed/N, 2011
$28,000
H 20.25 in W 30.25 in
Kerry James Marshall - Keeping the Culture, silkscreen and linocut, Signed/N
By Kerry James Marshall
Located in New York, NY
Kerry James Marshall Keeping the Culture, 2011 Silkscreen and linocut in colors with full margins and deckled edges on Arches paper with full margins and deckled edges 20-1/4 x 30-1/...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Pencil, Linocut, Screen
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The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a story quilt in our inventory may begin at $70 and can go as high as $58,875, while the average can fetch as much as $3,351.
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