Gee's Bend

The women of Gee's Bend, a small rural community in southwest Alabama, are celebrated for making exquisite abstract quilts. Based on skills and an aesthetic passed down through several generations, the quilts have been highly praised for their raw beauty, bold geometry and sophisticated color sense.

Mary Lee Bendolph and her daughter-in-law Louisiana, both native Gee's Bend quilters, have created colorful etchings that reflect the same great quilting tradition. Each of the prints is the translation of an actual quilt sewn by one of the Bendolph women. Working collaboratively with master printers, Mary Lee and Louisiana were able to capture in amazing detail the stitching and textures of the used and worn fabrics in the original quilts.
 

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Quilt Prints
	Louisiana Bendolph American Housetop (For the Arnetts) 2005 Color Softground, Aquatint and Spitbite Etching 45 1/2 x 38 inches			Mary Lee Bendolph Lonnie Holley's Freedom 2005 Color Aquatint, Spitbite Aquatint and Softground Etching 41 x 44 inches
	Mary Lee Bendolph Black and Brown 2005 Color Aquatint, Spitbite Aquatint and Softground Etching 33 x 30 1/2 inches			Mary Lee Bendolph Past and Gone 2005 Color Aquatint, Spitbite Aquatint and Softground Etching 40 1/2 x 35 inches
	Louisiana Bendolph Going Home 2005 Color Aquatint, Spitbite Aquatint and Softground Etching 41 1/2 x 38 inches			Mary Lee Bendolph To Honor Mr. Dial 2005 Color Aquatint, Spitbite Aquatint and Softground Etching 55 1/2 x 36 inches
	Mary Lee Bendolph Housetop Blocks/Purple 2005 Color Aquatint and Softground Etching 33 x 30 1/2 inches