Patterns in Abstraction: Black Quilts from the High’s Collection
Nine Patch
Marquetta Johnson (American, born 1955), Nine Patch, 2016–2018, hand-dyed and hand-painted cotton fabric, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of the artist, 2022.204.
Untitled
Maker Once Known, Untitled, ca. 1920s, cotton, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Corrine Riley on the occasion of Collectors Evening, 2017, 2017.198.
Untitled
Maker Once Known, Untitled, ca. 1940s, cotton, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchased through funds provided by patrons of Collectors Evening, 2017, 2017.188.
Untitled
Maker Once Known, Untitled, ca. 1930s, cotton, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Corrine Riley on the occasion of Collectors Evening, 2017, 2017.185.
Untitled (Directional Triangles Quilt)
Maker Once Known, Untitled (Directional Triangles Quilt), ca. 1930s, cotton, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase through funds provided by patrons of Collectors Evening, 2017, 2017.184.
Untitled (Housetop Quilt with Multiple Borders)
Maker Once Known, Untitled (Housetop Quilt with Multiple Borders), ca. 1940s, cotton, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase through funds provided by patrons of the Collectors Evening, 2017, 2017.183.
Untitled
Maker Once Known, Untitled, ca. 1910s–1920s, cotton, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Corrine Riley on the occasion of Collectors Evening, 2017, 2017.182.
Untitled (Triangles Pieced into Broken Stars Quilt)
Maker Once Known, Untitled (Triangles Pieced into Broken Stars Quilt), ca. 1940s, cotton and work clothes, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Corrine Riley on the occasion of Collectors Evening, 2017, 2017.181.
Housetop Variation
Annie Mae Young (American, 1928–2013), Housetop Variation, undated, fabric, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, museum purchase and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation from the William S. Arnett Collection, 2017.79. © Estate of Annie Mae Young.
Birds in the Air
Lucy T. Pettway (American, 1921–2004), Birds in the Air, 1981, cotton and cotton-polyester blend, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, museum purchase and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation from the William S. Arnett Collection, 2017.70. © Estate of Lucy T. Pettway.
“Bricklayer” Variation
Louisiana Bendolph (American, born 1960), “Bricklayer” Variation, 2003, cotton, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, museum purchase and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation from the William S. Arnett Collection, 2017.31.
“Lazy Gal” Work-Clothes Quilt
Annie Mae Young (American, 1928–2013), “Lazy Gal” Work-Clothes Quilt, 2002, cotton, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Peggy, Margaret, and Mary Rawson Foreman and gift of the artist and the Tinwood Alliance in honor of Rawson Foreman, 2005.304. © Estate of Annie Mae Young.
