The Quilts Of Gee’s Bend by Beardsley, John, William Arnet, Paul Arnet, and Jane Livingston - 2002

Tinwood Books, Atlanta, GA , 2002; First Edition, first printing; large quarto, 190 pages; illustrated. First ever exhibition, organized by the Tinwood Alliance in conjunction with the Houston Museum Of Fine Arts, of a collection of seventy magnificent quilts created by the women of Gee’s Bend Peninsula, Alabama, descendants of laborers from the Pettway plantation, whose families have resided there continuously since antebellum times. Informative text by five distinguished art specialists and cultural historians. Foreword by Peter Marzio, Director of The Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston and former director of the Corcoran Gallery in Washington. Introduction by Alvia Wardlaw, curator of Texas Southern University Museum. Detailed fourteen page history of Gee’s Bend by John Beardsley, Guggenheim Fellow In Humanities, augmented with numerous historic photographs from the Farm Security Administration field study of 1937. A unique and fascinating book, beautifully and profusely illustrated throughout in blazing full-page color. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket.