Missouri Pettway (1902-1981) was an American artist. She is associated with the

Gee's Bend Boykin, also known as Gee's Bend, is an African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The te ...

quilting collective. In 2020, the

National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of char ...

acquired two of Missouri Pettway's quilts, along with work by other quilters from Gee's Bend. Her 1971 work titled ''"Path through the Woods" (Quiltmaker's Name)'' was featured in the Gallery's 2022 exhibition, ''Called to Create: Black Artist of the American South'', September 18, 2022 – March 26, 2023, curated by Harry Cooper.

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