Artworks

Echoes of Harlem, 1980

  • Artist

    Faith Ringgold

  • Title

    Echoes of Harlem

  • Date

    1980

  • Medium

    Hand-painted cotton

  • Dimensions

    80 1/2 x 89 1/2 in. (204.5 x 227.3 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Altria Group, Inc.

  • Object Number

    2008.13.10

In the 1970s, Faith Ringgold collaborated with her mother, Willi Posey, a well-known tailor in Harlem, to make a number of textile works. Echoes of Harlem was Ringgold’s first quilt and her final collaborative project with her mother. The composition unifies four distinct fabrics in a recurring rhythm and frames thirty faces, which display a variety of individual expressions. Together, the faces represent the many life stories present in Harlem. In subsequent years Ringgold began constructing narrative quilts that portray different aspects of African-American life in the United States.


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Artworks

Echoes of Harlem, 1980

  • Artist

    Faith Ringgold

  • Title

    Echoes of Harlem

  • Date

    1980

  • Medium

    Hand-painted cotton

  • Dimensions

    80 1/2 x 89 1/2 in. (204.5 x 227.3 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Altria Group, Inc.

  • Object Number

    2008.13.10

In the 1970s, Faith Ringgold collaborated with her mother, Willi Posey, a well-known tailor in Harlem, to make a number of textile works. Echoes of Harlem was Ringgold’s first quilt and her final collaborative project with her mother. The composition unifies four distinct fabrics in a recurring rhythm and frames thirty faces, which display a variety of individual expressions. Together, the faces represent the many life stories present in Harlem. In subsequent years Ringgold began constructing narrative quilts that portray different aspects of African-American life in the United States.


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