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American artist
Nellie Mae Abrams
(Photograph by Abrams Family)

Nellie Mae Abrams (1946–2005) was an American artist. She is associated with the Gee's Bend quilting collective. Her art has been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, and is included in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She was the daughter of Annie Mae Young, who was also a quiltmaker.

References

  1. Arnett, William; Herman, Bernard (2006). Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. Tinwood Books. ISBN 9780971910478.
  2. ^ "Nellie Mae Abrams | Souls Grown Deep Foundation". www.soulsgrowndeep.org. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  3. "Gund Gallery | Kenyon College". www.thegundgallery.org. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  4. "nellie mae abrams | Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  5. "Philadelphia Museum of Art Expands African American Art Collection". Art & Object. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
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