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The women of Gee’s Bend, a small rural Black community in Alabama of about seven hundred residents, have been creating bold, visually distinctive quilts since at least the 1920s.
Sue Willie Seltzer was born in Gee’s Bend but also lived in Rehoboth, Alabama. Her quilts are notable for their originality and whimsy. For fifty years, her work was characterized by innovation and unpredictability.
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| Title: | String-pieced Blocks and Bars Quilt |
| Date: | c. 1965 |
| Artist: | Sue Willie Seltzer (American, 1921–2010) |
| Medium: | Pieced cotton denim twill and plain weave |
| Dimensions: | 7 feet 3 inches × 6 feet 4 inches (221 × 193 cm) |
| Classification: | Textiles |
| Credit Line: | Purchased with the Joseph E. Temple Fund, and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation from the William S. Arnett Collection, 2017 |
| Accession Number: | 2017-229-9 |
| Geography: | Made in Gee's Bend, Boykin, Wilcox, Alabama, United States, North and Central America |
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