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Pearlie Posey

Pearlie Posey

American artist

Pearlie Posey (1894-1984) was an American quilt artist and mother of Sarah Mary Taylor. She is known for her appliquéd quilts.

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Biography

Posey was born in 1894.[1][2] She taught her quilting technique to her daughter Sarah Mary Taylor and eventually created templates for Taylor's quilts.[3]

Her work is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art[4] and the American Folk Art Museum.[5] Her work was included in the 2008-2009 traveling exhibition entitled Ancestry & Innovation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum presented by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.[2] She was included in the 2009 exhibition Quilt Stories: The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts and Other Recent Quilt Acquisitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[6]

Posey died in 1984.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Taylor, Sarah Mary". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Ancestry & Innovation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. [3]
    Women in Power in the Arts / Pearlie Posey & Sarah Mary Taylor /. "Women in Power in the Arts / Pearlie Posey & Sarah Mary Taylor". Tulane Online Exhibits. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. [4]
    ""Animals" Quilt". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Pearlie Posey". American Folk Art Museum. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Exhibitions - Quilt Stories: The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts and Other Recent Quilt Acquisitions". Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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