Abstract design in American quilts : a biography of an exhibition
Entry/Object ID
NK9198.5.U6.A28
Description
The exhibition Abstract Design in American Quilts opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City on 1 July 1971, and quilting has not been the same since. From this universally acknowledged seminal event dates the study of quilting as a serious art form and the tremendously important international cross-fertilization among art historians, textile scholars, and the artist-craftspeople who work in quilts. This important work is a personal statement of Jonathan Holstein's development as a pioneer quilting connoisseur, a guide to the quilts of the Whitney exhibition, and a study of the effects of the consequent explosion of attention to this art form.
Collection
Carol Westfall Collection
Lexicon
Search Terms
art--abstract, decoration and ornament--united states, exhibitions, quilts--exhibitions, quilts--united states
Legacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalog
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Signature
Notes
Signed limited edition copy.
Book Details
Author
Jonathan Holstein
Publisher
Kentucky Quilt Project
Place Published
City
Louisville, KY
Date Published
1991
Call No.
NK9198.5.U6.A28
ISBN
188058400X, 9781880584002
LCCN
92128277
Notes
Length: 230
General Notes
Note
Includes the catalog of the exhibition held at the Louisville Museum of History and Science, Louisville, KY, Nov. 1991-Mar. 1992.
