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Joanna Pettway

Joanna Pettway

American artist

Joanna Pettway (1924 - 1993) was an American quilt artist and daughter of Gees Bend quilter Martha Jane Pettway.[1]

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Biography

Pettway was born in 1924 in Gees Bend, Alabama.[2] She was one of twelve children of Martha Jane and Little Pettway, living her whole life in Gees Bend.[3] She is associated with the Gee's Bend group of quilters.[1]

Joanna Pettway's work is in the collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art,[4] the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Gee's Bend : the women and their quilts (1st ed.). Atlanta, Ga.: Tinwood Books. 2002. p. 233. ISBN 9780971910409.
  2. [2]
    "Joanna Pettway". Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Joanna Pettway". Souls Grown Deep. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Joanna Pettway, American, Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1924 - 1993". Birmingham Museum of Art. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Joanna Pettway". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
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