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These two prints were made at Paulson Bott Press in Berkeley, Calfornia, by two Gee’s Bend quilters: Mary Lee Bendolph and Loretta Bennett. The press set up sewing machines at their Berkeley studio so the visiting artists could first create their compositions as quilts, and then pressed the textiles and their patterns into a soft ground on large copper plates. These were then etched and printed in vibrant colors that blur distinctions between paper and textile, and between artmaking processes.
Blues
Loretta Pettway Bennett (American, born in 1960)
Printer and Publisher: Paulson Bott Press, Berkeley, CA
Printer and Publisher: Paulson Bott Press, Berkeley, CA
2007
Medium/Technique
Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint, printed from five plates
Dimensions
Platemark: 81.3 × 55.9 cm (32 × 22 in.)
Sheet: 108 × 78.7 cm (42 1/2 × 31 in.)
Sheet: 108 × 78.7 cm (42 1/2 × 31 in.)
Credit Line
The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection and Gallery Instructor 50th Anniversary Fund to support The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection
Accession Number2019.516
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
These two prints were made at Paulson Bott Press in Berkeley, Calfornia, by two Gee’s Bend quilters: Mary Lee Bendolph and Loretta Bennett. The press set up sewing machines at their Berkeley studio so the visiting artists could first create their compositions as quilts, and then pressed the textiles and their patterns into a soft ground on large copper plates. These were then etched and printed in vibrant colors that blur distinctions between paper and textile, and between artmaking processes.
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: AP8; b.c.: Blues; l.r.: Loretta P Bennett 2007
Provenance2019, sold by Renée Bott, Berkeley, CA to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)
Copyright© Loretta Pettway Bennett / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York”