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Emma Lee Pettway Campbell

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Emma Lee Pettway Campbell (1928–2002) was an American artist associated with the Gee's Bend group of quilters.[1][2] She was included in the 2013 History Refused to Die exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[3] Her work is included in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to which it was donated by the Souls Grown Deep Foundation.[4][5]

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  1. ^ Cheryl Finley; Randall R. Griffey; Amelia Peck; Darryl Pinckney (May 21, 2018). My Soul Has Grown Deep: Black Art from the American South. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 106–. ISBN 978-1-58839-609-9.
  2. ^ William Arnett; Bernard Herman (2006). Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. Tinwood Books. pp. 216–. ISBN 978-0-9719104-7-8.
  3. ^ Schwabsky, Barry (October 18, 2018). "A History of Salvage". Archived from the original on April 19, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019 – via thenation.com.
  4. ^ "Emma Lee Pettway Campbell | Blocks and Strips work-clothes quilt | the Met". Archived from the original on April 19, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Smith, Roberta (May 24, 2018). "At the Met, a Riveting Testament to Those Once Neglected". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 19, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019.