Gayle Fraas and Duncan W. Slade

Marsh Island

1985

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Gayle Fraas and Duncan W. Slade

Marsh Island

Gayle Fraas and Duncan W. Slade

Marsh Island

1985

Physical Qualities Acrylic on fabricated wood components, procion dyes on cotton ground, batting, and backing, a (panel A): 79 1/8 x 48 x 3 1/2 in. (201 x 121.9 x 8.9 cm.) b (panel B): 78 x 52 x 3 1/2 in. (198.1 x 132.1 x 8.9 cm.) c (panel C): 79 x 57 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (200.7 x 146.1 x 8.9 cm.) d-f (steps A-C, each): 15 1/4 x 48 x 11 1/4 in. (38.7 x 121.9 x 28.6 cm.) g (urn): 12 x 13 7/8 x 1/2 in. (30.5 x 35.2 x 1.3 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of the Artists in Memory of Michael Kile

Object Number 2014.82

The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2014; the artists, Maine

Anita Jones, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Art Quilts," December 16, 2015 - June 19, 2016.

Penny McMorris and Michael Kile, "The Art Quilt," Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, began Oct. 1, 1986. Toured for three years.

“Frontiers- the Art Quilts of Gayle Fraas & Duncan Slade" (retrospective), New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA ,1998.

Anita Jones, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Art Quilts," December 16, 2015 - June 19, 2016.

McMorris, Penny and Kile, Michael. The Art Quilt. San Francisco: The Quilt Digest Press, 1986, pl 13, et. al.

Cox, Meg. "The Art Quilt Market: Inverview with Robert Shaw." SAQA Art Quilt Quarterly no. 11 (2018): 4-7.

Inscribed: Quilted panel in 1st (proper right) section signed at lower proper left (viewer's right): "FRAAS SLADE" Quilted panel in 3rd (proper left) section signed at lower center on rock: "FRAAS SLADE"