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Minnie Sue Coleman
American, 1926–2012
Minnie Sue Coleman was a prominent member of the quilt cooperative established by residents of the community in Gee's Bend, Alabama. She learned to quilt from her mother, Minder Coleman. Minder was one of Gee’s Bend’s leading citizens, having served as president of Gee’s Bend Farms, the agricultural cooperative established in the 1930s by the Farm Security Administration, which organized farming and weaving cooperatives during the Great Depression. As a gifted quiltmaker herself, Minder would later be involved with the Freedom Quilting Bee.
This quilt was one of a group of 10 works by quilters of Gee's Bend that were reprouced on a commemorative series of U.S Postage stamps in 2006.
American, 1926–2012
Pig in a Pen Medallion
about 1970
Object Type:
Textile
Dimensions:
84 x 69 in. (213 x 175 cm)
Medium and Support:
Polyester
Accession Number:
2021.0004.0001
Credit Line:
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association Purchase and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation from the William S. Arnett Collection
Copyright:
© Estate of Minnie Sue Coleman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Minnie Sue Coleman was a prominent member of the quilt cooperative established by residents of the community in Gee's Bend, Alabama. She learned to quilt from her mother, Minder Coleman. Minder was one of Gee’s Bend’s leading citizens, having served as president of Gee’s Bend Farms, the agricultural cooperative established in the 1930s by the Farm Security Administration, which organized farming and weaving cooperatives during the Great Depression. As a gifted quiltmaker herself, Minder would later be involved with the Freedom Quilting Bee.
This quilt was one of a group of 10 works by quilters of Gee's Bend that were reprouced on a commemorative series of U.S Postage stamps in 2006.
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