UNTITLED #13 (BLUE QUILT)
Martin Thompson (b. 1956)
Among the recent gifts to the museum’s permanent collection are a delcate love token, a pair of tinsel paintings, a still life of fruit, portraits by John S. Blunt and Elias V. Coe, a Barnum & Bailey Circus wagon carving attributed to Samuel Anderson Robb, the iconic Uncle Sam Riding a Bicycle Whirligig, 1909 Hupmobile Weathervane, and Columbia Weathervane, several textiles, including a wool cow blanket, a pictorial table rug, and a pieced and appliquéd lap quilt, and drawings and paintings by Consuelo “Chelo” González Amézcua, Eugene Andolsek, Charles Benefiel, Alexander Bogardy, Wellington Bridgewater, Sister Elijah, Lee Godie, Hipkiss (artist duo historically known as ‘Chris Hipkiss’), Dwight Mackintosh, Justin McCarthy, Louis Monza, Martin Thompson, and George Widener.
Museum exhibitions are supported in part by the Leir Charitable Foundations in memory of Henry J. & Erna D. Leir, the Gerard C. Wertkin Exhibition Fund, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
1909 Hupmobile Weathervane
Artist unidentified
New York
c. 1909
Metal
31 x 50 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.
American Folk Art Museum, gift of gift of David L. Davies, 2008.3.1
Photo by Gavin Ashworth
Columbia Weathervane
Artist unidentified, possibly Cushing and White
Possibly Waltham, Massachusetts
c. 1865–1875
Paint on copper and zinc
18 3/4 x 15 x 2 in.
American Folk Art Museum, gift of Jerry and Susan Lauren, 2006.12.2
Photo by Gavin Ashworth
Lap Quilt
Artist unidentified
United States or Great Britain
c. 1875–1890
Pieced and appliquéd flannel
67 x 66 1/2 in.
American Folk Art Museum, gift of Altria Group, Inc., 2008.9.1
Photo by Gavin Ashworth
Lady on Red Sofa
Attributed to John S. Blunt (1798–1835)
Probably Maine, Massachusetts, or New Hampshire
c. 1831
Oil on canvas
33 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.
American Folk Art Museum, gift of Lucy and Mike Danziger in memory of Robert Bishop, American Folk Art Museum director (197–1991), 2006.2.1
Photo by Gavin Ashworth
Untitle #13 (Blue Quilt)
Martin Thompson (b. 1956)
Wellington, New Zealand
c. 2002–2005
Pen on graph paper
12 3/4 x 25 in.
American Folk Art Museum, gift of the artist and Stuart Shepherd, 2005.22.2
Photo by Gavin Ashworth
Intertion / Burden of Unfamiliar Landscape
Hipkiss (artist duo historically known as ‘Chris Hipkiss’) (b.1964, 1964)
England and France
c. 1995
Graphite and ink on paper
29 x 19 in.
American Folk Art Museum, gift of the artist and Cavin-Morris Gallery, 2005.21.1
Photo by Gavin Ashworth
Museum exhibitions are supported in part by the Leir Charitable Foundations in memory of Henry J. & Erna D. Leir, the Gerard C. Wertkin Exhibition Fund, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
