Object Details
- Artist
- Mary Catherine Lamb, born Oakland, CA 1949-died Portland, OR 2009
- Exhibition Label
- Constructed using fabric from draperies, tablecloths, and dish towels, this 4 x 4-foot quilt depicts figures from the children’s game “Cootie.” Players roll a die; each number that comes up allows a player to collect a specific part of the cootie. The winner is the first to assemble the entire bug, consisting of a body, head, eyes, antennae, proboscis, and six legs. Each quilt square gives an amusing close-up of the completed cootie. Lamb studied quilt making at the Oregon College of Art and Craft and was known for incorporating fun, secondhand fabrics and executing complex quilt designs.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Nancy Becker in honor of Chris Rauschenberg and Janet Stein and in memory of Mary Catherine Lamb
- ca. 1988
- Object number
- 2013.81
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Fiber
- Quilt
- Crafts
- Medium
- cotton and polyester
- Dimensions
- 37 x 37 in. (94.0 x 94.0 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Abstract
- Record ID
- saam_2013.81
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7ada77b6e-2473-4e52-8070-9b0e2d4c0eae
