Crazy Quilt

Assembles the experiences of women who have been institutionalized for insanity in the last century. Square pages of richly colored patterns and text unfold into one large quilt like square. The text resembles sewn handwriting from the women such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Frances Farmer.

Book Price: $2800
Shipping: $105 (S/H + insurance)
Total: $2,905.00

Images

Videos

Holdings

Oberlin College, Yale University, University of Iowa, Smith College, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Delaware, University of Rochester - River Campus, DePaul University, Columbia College (Chicago), Vassar College Library, Swarthmore College, Scripps College Campus, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Wheaton College, Bucknell University Bertrand Library, Savannah College of Art & Design, Carleton College Library, Indiana University, Baylor University, Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Denver, University of California at Los Angeles, Emory University, University of Michigan, Princeton University Library, Connecticut College LIbrary, University of Southern California, University of Puget Sound, University of California (Santa Barbara), Stanford University, Mills College, Maryland Institute College of Art, Haverford College, Florida Atlantic University, California Polytechnic State University

Book PDF

Click here to open PDF in a new window

Metadata

Title:

Crazy Quilt

Date of publication:

1998

Place of publication:

Rosendale, NY

Publisher:

Women's Studio Workshop

Subjects:

Women--Mental health, Women--Socialization

ISBN:

1893125033

Dimensions:

75 x 77 cm. folded to 26 x 26 cm.

Number in edition:

100

Paging:

[15] p.

Printing method:

Screen print, letterpress

Structure:

Fold Book

Funding source:

Women's Studio Workshop

Signature:

Signed by the artist

Writer:

Maureen Cummins

Printer:

Maureen Cummins

Binder:

Maureen Cummins

Other notes:

Contents: Mary Jane Ward--Lydia A. Smith, 1865-1871--Alice Bingham Russell, 1883-1906--Kate Lee, 1899-1900--Margaret Starr, 1901-1902--Tirzah F. Shedd, 1865--Francis Farmer, 1943-1950--Kate Millett--Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1881--Elizabeth Packard, 1860-1863--Dolores Cummins, 1963.; 3 bi-fold panels hinged to center panel, exposing 9 panels