Mary Lee Bendolph

Born in 1935, Mary Lee Bendolph, a celebrated quilt maker, is one of the strikingly innovative, abstract quilt makers for a group of African American women from Gee's Bend, Alabama. Gee’s Bend is a small rural community nestled into a curve in the Alabama River southwest of Selma, Alabama. Founded in antebellum times, it was the site of cotton plantations. She would make dramatically designed, richly colored quilts with a geometric simplicity reminiscent of Amish quilts and modern art.

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Black and Brown, 2005, color aquatint, spitbite aquatint and softground etching, 24 x 24 inches, ed. of 50
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Mama’s Song, 2005, color aquatint, spitbite aquatint, and soft ground etching, 33 x 24 inches, ed. of 50
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To Honor Mr. Dial, 2005, color aquatint and soft ground etching, 55 x 36 inches, ed of 50

Black and Brown, 2005, color aquatint, spitbite aquatint and softground etching, 24 x 24 inches, ed. of 50

Mama’s Song, 2005, color aquatint, spitbite aquatint, and soft ground etching, 33 x 24 inches, ed. of 50

To Honor Mr. Dial, 2005, color aquatint and soft ground etching, 55 x 36 inches, ed of 50

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