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Quilts and color : the Pilgrim/Roy Collection
- Title
- Quilts and color : the Pilgrim/Roy Collection / Pamela A. Parmal, Jennifer M. Swope.
- Author
- Parmal, Pamela A.
- Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts : MFA Publications : Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [2014]
- ©2014
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- Description
- 143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm
- Summary
- "Quilts and Color presents more than 60 graphically bold American quilts from the Pilgrim/Roy Collection, one of the finest and largest collections of quilts in the world. Influenced by twentieth-century art developments such as Abstraction, Op art and the Color Field movement, Paul Pilgrim and Gerald Roy were among the first to appreciate quilts as more than simply decorative bedcovers, women's fancy work or symbols of a rustic past. Reproduced brilliantly and arranged by ideas based in color theory--Vibrations, Mixtures, Gradations, Harmonies, Contrasts, Variations and Optical Illusions--each quilt in this book is celebrated as a unique work of art. The accompanying text also sheds light on the social and cultural history of the quilts and the practices and aspirations of their mostly anonymous makers, who created such works of enduring beauty and arresting visual impact" --Provided by publisher.
- Alternative Title
- Pilgrim/Roy Collection
- Subject
- Pilgrim, Paul D. > Art collections > Exhibitions
- Roy, Gerald E. > Art collections > Exhibitions
- Quilts > United States > Exhibitions
- Quilts > Private collections > United States > Exhibitions
- Color in textile crafts > Exhibitions
- Quilts > United States > History > 18th century > Exhibitions
- Quilts > United States > History > 19th century > Exhibitions
- Quilts > United States > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
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- Note
- "This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition Quilts and color: the Pilgrim/Roy Collection, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from April 6 to July 27, 2014"--Colophon.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Director's foreword / Malcolm Rogers -- Collector's preface / Gerald E. Roy -- Looking at quilts -- Vibrations -- Mixtures -- Harmonies -- Gradations -- Contrasts -- Variations -- Optical illusions -- Singular visions.
- ISBN
- 9780878468249 (hc)
- 0878468242 (hc)
- OCLC
- ocn877876650
- 877876650
- SCSB-9570638
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries