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Quilt
Overcoat
Quilt
Molly Upton (American, 1953–1977)
American
1976
Medium/Technique
Cotton; pieced and quilt
Dimensions
Overall: 134.6 × 116.8 cm (53 × 46 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Upton family in honor of Molly Upton
Accession Number2017.3923
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPieced quilt with figure of a man with mustache, hat, wearing overcoat, who is falling back into a rectangulat shape made from graduated pieces of cloth (arranged from the dark to light and quilted horizontally). The muted brown ground is quilted in parallel diagonally lines
Provenance1976-1977, made by Molly Upton (b. 1953 - d. 1977) in either Cambridge, MA or Oakland, CA; 1977, by inheritance to her mother, Rusty Upton; 2017, gift of the Upton family to the MFA. (Accession date: October 11, 2017)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.