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Mary Lee Bendolph
American, born 1935
Mary Lee Bendolph is one of the renowned quilters from Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Her quilts have been featured on United States postage stamps, in a number of exhibitions of quilts from the community of Gee’s Bend, and in her own solo quilt exhibition. Despite having her quilts widely displayed in museums across the country, Bendolph does not view her quilts as art, but instead sees them as practical household goods. This is one of Bendolph’s varieties of Strip quilt. Bendolph uses the color and texture of the fabric to dictate where she places each strip or block within the quilt, which is often comprised of simple solid-color scraps.The resulting composition is almost architectural in feel, and is entirely improvised. Although her quilts may look similar, Mary Lee Bendolph also takes pride in the fact that she never creates the same quilt twice.
American, born 1935
Strings
2003–2004
Object Type:
Textile
Creation Place:
North America, American, Alabama
Dimensions:
83 1/2 in. x 76 1/2 in. (212.09 cm x 194.31 cm)
Medium and Support:
Cotton corduroy, cotton, and cotton/polyester blend
Accession Number:
2008.0009.0001
Credit Line:
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, Association Purchase in memory of Shirley A. Woods, MMFA Assistant Director, 1979–2008
Copyright:
© Mary Lee Bendolph / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Mary Lee Bendolph is one of the renowned quilters from Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Her quilts have been featured on United States postage stamps, in a number of exhibitions of quilts from the community of Gee’s Bend, and in her own solo quilt exhibition. Despite having her quilts widely displayed in museums across the country, Bendolph does not view her quilts as art, but instead sees them as practical household goods. This is one of Bendolph’s varieties of Strip quilt. Bendolph uses the color and texture of the fabric to dictate where she places each strip or block within the quilt, which is often comprised of simple solid-color scraps.The resulting composition is almost architectural in feel, and is entirely improvised. Although her quilts may look similar, Mary Lee Bendolph also takes pride in the fact that she never creates the same quilt twice.
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