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Seven Passages to a Flight
199551 x 43 in. (129.5 x 109.2 cm)
Faith Ringgold
United States
Object Type:
Textiles
Medium and Support:
Cotton, nylon and monofilament thread
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1996.92.1
Location: Not currently on view
Edition: ?/10
Text: Perpetua font
Ringgold, an African American woman who grew up in Harlem, made her first “story quilt” in 1983 in memory of her mother. The quilts were a way to honor her mother, who taught her to sew and to appreciate art and who had collaborated with Ringgold on many art projects. Generations of women in Ringgold’s family – back as far as her great-great-grandmother, who was a slave – made quilts. An autobiographical quilt, Seven Passages to a Flight tells the story of Ringgold’s life while also telling a larger story of race and gender issues.
Gallery label, 5/27/10
Gallery label, 5/27/10
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See the companion book: Seven Passages to a Flight, 96.92.2
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- New Aquisitions by African-American Artists from the Memorial Art Gallery Collection 2/9/1997 - 6/6/1997
- The Power of the Female Gaze 5/19/2017 - 8/13/2017
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
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Seven Passages to a Flight
1996.92.2
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