Center medallion strips with multiple borders

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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
c. 1965
Cotton (shirt material, corduroy, sheeting), polyester (dress and pants material), wool
91 x 81 inches
Collection of
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Description

In Annie Mae's medallion quilt from the mid-1960s bands of white and black, like an enclosing force field, surround a brilliantly composed central complex of linear energy.