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"Birds in the Air"
Lucy T, Pettway1981
Souls Grown Deep
Atlanta, United States
Lucy T. Pettway's "Birds in the Air" dazzles with several implied patterns and heightens the effects of movement by playing forceful colors against softer tones.
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Details
- Title: "Birds in the Air"
- Creator: Lucy T, Pettway
- Creator Lifespan: 1921/2004
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Female
- Creator Birth Place: Gee's Bend, Alabama
- Date Created: 1981
- Location Created: Gee's Bend, Alabama
- Physical Dimensions: 79 x 79 in. (200.7 x 200.7 cm)
- Subject Keywords: Gee's Bend, Black art, African American art
- Type: Quilt
- Original Source: High Museum of Art, Museum Purchase and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
- Rights: © Lucy T. Pettway. Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
- External Link: https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/lucy-t-pettway
- Medium: Cotton and cotton/polyester blend
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