Abstract Design in American Quilts at 50

Book Overview

Fifty years after its debut, the exhibition Abstract Design in American Quilts is remembered as a pivotal moment in the intersecting histories of art, craft, and design. Installed at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art in 1971, the exhibition presented traditional American pieced quilts on walls more commonly used to display modern art such as abstract expressionist paintings. The exhibition, curated by Jonathan Holstein and Gail van...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1735278424
• ISBN13: 9781735278421
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: International Quilt Museum
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.8"