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"Bars" work-clothes quilt
Lutisha Pettwayc. 1950
Souls Grown Deep
Atlanta, United States
"I farmed. That's all I did do—farmed cotton, pulled corn, worked for my daddy. We come up hard back at them times. Didn't get much schooling. I had nine children. Two of them died. I had to make quilts for them, and all my quilts was scrapped up out of old clothes back then."
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- Title: "Bars" work-clothes quilt
- Creator: Lutisha Pettway
- Creator Lifespan: 1925/2001
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Female
- Creator Birth Place: Gee's Bend, Alabama
- Date Created: c. 1950
- Location Created: Gee's Bend, Alabama
- Physical Dimensions: 84 x 80 in. (213.4 x 203.2 cm)
- Subject Keywords: Gee's Bend, Work-clothes quilt, Black art, African American art
- Type: Quilt
- Original Source: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
- Rights: © Lutisha Pettway / Photo: Stephen Pitkin, Pitkin Studio
- External Link: https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/lutisha-pettway
- Medium: Denim and cotton
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