Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog number |
2004.3.8 |
Artist |
Bearden, Romare |
Title |
Quilting Time |
Date |
Contemporary |
Object Name |
Lithograph |
Description |
Color lithograph by Romare Bearden (1911 - 1918) titled "Quilting Time," after a collage of the same title from 1979. In creating the scene for Quilting Time, artist Romare Bearden considered his love of music and his memories of growing up in rural North Carolina as a boy. At the time, quilting was an important activity among African Americans. In the lower left, notice the basket containing salvaged scraps of fabric, which the two seated women use to sew into a new quilt. Just as a quilt is made of smaller pieces of material, Quilting Time is a mosaic made of thousands of small pieces of colored glass. Bearden first made a detailed model of this mosaic using pieces of paper glued together, much like a collage. Then the model was given to a mosaicist near Venice, Italy, who produced, cut and glued the small tiles according to Bearden’s specifications. The artist and tile maker’s names appear in glass tile at the lower left. http://www.dia.org/education/connect/bearden.htm |
Medium/Material |
Ink on paper |
Dimensions |
H-20 W-24 inches |
Year Range from |
1979 |
Year Range to |
1988 |
Search Terms |
Contemporary 20th century AD Social scene Social problems Leisure Music Performance North America United States |
Exhibition and Publication History |
*"Recent Acquisitions, 1998-2004," G-TM, 2004. Amy Winter, Curator. |
Culture |
American |