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Photo Credit: David Dietrich

Artist
Mary Lee Bendolph (Primary), Paulson Press (Publisher)
Title

House Top Blocks/Purple

Date
2005
Century
21st century
Medium & Support
Color soft-ground etching and aquatint on paper
Edition
32/50
Dimensions
Sheet: 32 7/8 x 30 5/8 in. , Image: 23 3/4 x 23 3/4 in.
Style
Outsider Art
Object Type
Prints
Credit Line
2011 Collectors' Circle purchase
Accession Number
2012.15.63
Copyright
In Copyright
© Mary Lee Bendolph / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Description

"Quilt pattern in black, tan and red. Editioned 32/50"

Label History

In 2005 Bendolph and other quilters from Gee’s Bend, AL, a group known for their bold geometries and inventive use of colors and fabrics, were invited by Paulson Press in Berkeley, CA, to create a suite of intaglio prints. Their process involved creating fabric maquettes—miniature quilt tops—which were laid on a copper plate coated with a waxy substance called soft ground to produce the impression of the fabric, including its seams and textures. Then acid was applied to the plate, fixing the impression of the material in lines and tonal areas that hold ink during the printing process.

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Cindy Buckner

Keywords
geometric abstraction

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