Nellie Mae Abrams
(Photograph by Abrams Family)

Nellie Mae Abrams (1946–2005) was an American artist. She is associated with the Gee's Bend quilting collective.[1] Her art has been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Gund Gallery at Kenyon College,[2][3] and is included in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art[4] and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[5] She was the daughter of Annie Mae Young, who was also a quiltmaker.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Arnett, William; Herman, Bernard (2006). Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. Tinwood Books. ISBN 9780971910478.
  2. 1 2 "Nellie Mae Abrams | Souls Grown Deep Foundation". www.soulsgrowndeep.org. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  3. ↑ "Gund Gallery | Kenyon College". www.thegundgallery.org. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  4. ↑ "nellie mae abrams | Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  5. ↑ "Philadelphia Museum of Art Expands African American Art Collection". Art & Object. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
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