An Exhibition of Quilts and Prints by the Women from Gee’s Bend
July 20 - Sept 21, 2018
This exhibition included 21 etchings and 3 large-scale quilts made by four artists (Mary Lee Bendolph, Louisiana Bendolph, Loretta Bennett, and Loretta Pettway) from Gee’s Bend, Alabama. The etchings, directly relating to the renowned quilt imagery, are a result of collaboration between the women of Gee’s Bend with master printers at Paulson Fontaine Press in Berkeley, California. Together they utilized an innovative technique devised to make a transfer from an actual small-scaled sampler quilt to an etching plate coated with a thin layer of wax and then treated with acid to create the printable image.
Images courtesy of Paulson Fontaine Press, Berkeley, CA
MARY LEE BENDOLPH, Strip Quilt, MA-007 2009 Cotton Blend Quilt, Approx. 86 x 75 inches
MARY LEE BENDOLPH, African Nation, Strip Quilt, MA-040-40 2010, Cotton Blend Quilt, Approx. 90 x 81 inches
MARY LEE BENDOLPH, Blocks and Strip Quilt, MA-048 2009, Cotton and Corduroy Blend Quilt, Approx. 72 x 80 inches
LOUISIANA BENDOLPH, American Housetop for the Arnetts, 2005, color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper, image: 36 x 30 inches, paper: 45.5 x 38 inches, Edition of 50
LOUISIANA BENDOLPH, As I Leave Shall I Return, 2013, Color softground etching with aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image & Paper: 34 x 26.5 inches, Edition of 50
MARY LEE BENDOLPH, Black and Brown, 2005, Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image: 24 x 24 inches, Paper: 33 x 30.5 inches, Edition of 50
LORETTA BENNETT, Blues, 2007, Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image: 32 x 22 inches, Paper: 42.5 x 31 inches, Edition of 50
LOUISIANA BENDOLPH, Doorway to a Dream, 2013, Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image & Paper: 28.5 x 32.5 inches, Edition of 50
MARY LEE BENDOLPH, Fields, 2014, Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image: 22.75 x 22.5 inches, Paper: 30.75 x 29.5 inches, Edition of 50
MARY LEE BENDOLPH, Fourteen, 2014, Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image: 23 x 23 inches, Paper: 30.75 x 29.5 inches, Edition of 50
MARY LEE BENDOLPH, Lonnie’s Flag, 2014, Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image: 23.25 x 29.5 inches, Paper: 30.75 x 29.5 inches, Edition of 50
LOUISIANA BENDOLPH, Look Underneath, 2013, Color softground etching with aquatint. Rives BFK paper. Image: 29 x 25 inches Paper: 37 x 32 inches, Edition of 50
LOUISIANA BENDOLPH, Mayday 2005, Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper. Image: 32.5 x 27.5 inches, Paper: 42 x 35.5 inches, Edition of 50
LOUISIANA BENDOLPH, New Generation 2007, Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image: 21 x 28 inches, Paper: 31 x 36 inches, Edition of 50
LORETTA BENNETT, No Way, No Way, 2007, Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image: 32.5 x 27 inches, Paper: 39.5 x 36 inches, Edition of 50
LORETTA PETTWAY, Old Beauty, 2007, Color softground and hardground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on Somerset white textured paper, Image: 19 x 16.75 inches, Paper: 28 x 24.75 inches, Edition of 50
MARY LEE BENDOLPH, Passing By, 2007, Color softground etching with aquatint, spitbite aquatint and chine collé on Somerset white textured paper, Image: 29 x 34 inches, Paper: 39 x 43 inches, Edition of 50
MARY LEE BENDOLPH, Patch, 2014, Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image: 29 x 45.5 inches, Paper: 38 x 53.5 inches, Edition of 50
LOUISIANA BENDOLPH, Shared Legacy 2007, Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image: 19 x 25 inches, Paper: 31 x 34.5 inches, Edition of 50
LORETTA PETTWAY, Lazy Gal, 2007, Color softground and hardground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on Somerset white textured paper, Image: 29.5 x 24 inches, Paper: 39.5 x 33 inches, Edition of 50
MARY LEE BENDOLPH, Put Together, 2014, Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image: 43 x 33 inches, Paper: 52 x 41 inches, Edition of 50
MARY LEE BENDOLPH, Get Ready, 2007, Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image: 25 x 33 inches, Paper: 36 x 43 inches, Edition of 50
LOUISIANA BENDOLPH, History, 2007, Color softground etching with aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image: 17 x 25 inches, Paper: 27.75 x 34.5 inches, Edition of 50
LOUISIANA BENDOLPH, Housetop Block At My Mother’s Knees, 2013, Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint on somerset white textured paper, Image: 16 x 27 inches, Paper: 23 x 32 inches, Edition of 50