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Art Quilt
Pieced quilt
Quilt: Coastline
Art Quilt
Pieced quilt
Susan Hoffman (American, b. 1953)
American
1975
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Cotton and cotton and polyester plain weave, silk plain weave, silk velvet, cotton pile weave, wool in various structures; machine pieced, hand quilted
Dimensions
Overall: 203.2 × 612.1 cm (80 × 241 in.)
Land (left): 80" x 74.75 inches
Coastline (middle) 80 x 90.75 inches
Water (right) 80 x 73.5 inches
Land (left): 80" x 74.75 inches
Coastline (middle) 80 x 90.75 inches
Water (right) 80 x 73.5 inches
Credit Line
Gift of Susan Hoffman
Accession Number2019.2282.1-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTryptic Art Quilt of Long Island coastline made of pieced rectangular and square sections of cloth. The left panel (1 of 3) show the rocky bank; the center panel (2 of 3) shows the transition to the water; the right panel (3 of 3) depicts the water of Long Island Sound. Machine pieced and hand quilted.
Provenance2019, gift of the artist, Darien, CT and Germantown, NY to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)
Copyright© Susan D. Hoffman