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Custom Prints and Framing from the artists of Souls Grown Deep

Gee’s Bend quiltmakers and other celebrated Black artists from the American South

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Sears Corduroy

Lola Pettway, 'Housetop' variation, 1970s

Using scraps of corduroy left over from a narrowly defined production project by the Freedom Quilting Bee for Sears Roebuck, Gee's Bend quiltmakers had the materials to spark each other's individual creativity in an unprecedented way.

View the full Sears Corduroy collection, including all full-view and detail-view images, here.

Lola Pettway, 'Housetop' variation (detail), 1970s

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Mid-Century Gee's Bend

After the end of World War II, mainstream artists and designers were animated by a style that became known as “Mid-century modern.” Working in isolation from outside trends and fashions, Gee’s Bend artists were working through their own interpretations of the spirit of the time.

Work Clothes Quilts

Quilts made from worn-out work clothes, old shirts, overalls, aprons and dress bottoms whose stains, tears, and faded denim patches are marked by seasons of hard labor in the fields.

Gee's Bend Quilts

The women of Gee’s Bend—a small, remote, Black community in Alabama —have created hundreds of quilt masterpieces dating from the early twentieth century to the present.

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Mary Lee Bendolph

One of the best-known and most revered Gee’s Bend quiltmakers, Mary Lee Bendolph (b. 1935), has spent many decades transforming scraps of old cloth into aesthetic marvels.

Joe Light

Influenced by graffiti and pop culture imagery, Joe Light (b. 1934) was a deeply religious artist, focused on finding spiritual enlightenment.

Martha Pettway

Born in Gee's Bend in 1911, Martha Pettway is best known for the quilts she made from the late 1920s to the 1940s.

About Our Prints

Supporting the Artists

Through a pioneering revenue-sharing model, Souls Grown Deep has made artists or their estates equal partners in profits from the sale of all prints and frames. Purchases are a great way to directly support Black artists from the American South and the mission of Souls Grown Deep to promote their work and support their communities by fostering economic empowerment, racial and social justice, and educational advancement.

Prints on Archival Paper

Framing includes a 2 1/2 inch white mat with a wide range of wood mouldings to choose from. Paper prints can also be ordered unframed with a 2 inch border around the image area.

Stretched Canvas Prints

Prints on canvas are all stretched over a 1 1/2 inch deep stretcher frame and are ready to hang whether framed or not. Framing options for canvas are exclusively "Floater" style, where the frame surrounds the edge of the stretched canvas without touching it.

SOULS GROWN DEEP FOUNDATION

Souls Grown Deep advocates the inclusion of Black artists from the South in the canon of American art history and fosters economic empowerment, racial and social justice, and educational advancement in the communities that gave rise to these artists.

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