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Mary Lee Bendolph

Mary Lee Bendolph was an American quilter, printmaker and quiltmaker (born 1935). She was born at Boykin.

Mary Lee Bendolph in brief

Born
1935
Known for
quilter, printmaker and quiltmaker
Place of birth
Boykin
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Career and activity

Mary Lee Bendolph worked in quilting. Her work is associated with Quilts of Gees Bend, Alabama.

She belonged to Quilts of Gees Bend, Alabama. She worked at Boykin.

Identity

What the record establishes about Mary Lee Bendolph.

Housetop Blocks/Purple is dated 2005 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 2006.198). Foundation is dated 2004 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2017.254). The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 16 objects associated with this heading. The Cleveland Museum of Art records 1 object associated with this heading. Mary Lee Bendolph is recorded as quilter, printmaker and quiltmaker. Mary Lee Bendolph is recorded with the citizenship of United States.

Open Library catalogues 1 work under this name.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Mary Lee Bendolph may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Mary Lee Bendolph is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q28542125.

Catalogued works

3 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 2004 to 2005.

Gee's Bend : Get Ready : A Quilt Print Jigsaw Puzzle : 1,000 Pieces. Foundation, dated 2004, denim, cotton and polyester, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2017.254. Housetop Blocks/Purple, dated 2005, color aquatint and softground etching, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2006.198.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 16 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Quilters of Gee’s Bend Loretta Pettway, Lucy Mingo, and Mary Lee Bendolph (2015), Folk Masters. Artelia Bendolph:, Alabama Afternoons, 2011.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is quilting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are Quilts of Gees Bend, Alabama. The authority associates the name with Quilts of Gees Bend, Alabama.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Boykin. Membership is recorded of Quilts of Gees Bend, Alabama.

Work by Mary Lee Bendolph is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Ackland Art Museum.

Chronology

  1. 1935Mary Lee Bendolph born at Boykin.
  2. 1935Mary Lee Bendolph was born in 1935 at Boykin.
  3. 2004Foundation is dated 2004 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2017.254).
  4. 2004Foundation (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  5. 2005Housetop Blocks/Purple is dated 2005 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 2006.198).
  6. 2005Housetop Blocks/Purple (The Cleveland Museum of Art).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Artelia Bendolph:, Alabama Afternoons, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for Mary Lee Bendolph (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  3. 3.

    Quilters of Gee’s Bend Loretta Pettway, Lucy Mingo, and Mary Lee Bendolph (2015), Folk Masters

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Mary Lee Bendolph.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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  5. 5.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Mary Lee Bendolph (16 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q28542125: Mary Lee Bendolph

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  7. 7.

    “Mary Lee Bendolph”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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