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Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
KYRA E. HICKS (1965 - ) I Count!
Quilt of various cotton fabrics with sequins, beads and acrylic, 1999. 2032x1828 mm; 80x72 inches.
Provenance: collection of the artist.
Exhibited: Parallels and Intersections: Artists Quilt a World, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Museum, Cincinnati, OH, 2006, curated by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi; Diversity of the Cloth, Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 2003.
I Count! is a dynamic visual statement and beautiful artwork by quilter, art historian and writer Kyra Hicks, and her first art quilt to come to auction. I Count! is an excellent example of Hicks' unique expression in quilt making. Addressing issues of representation and expression, her works combine strong visual design with text and features impeccable construction. Two similar quilts of hers are in permanent museum collections: Black Barbie, 1996 at the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY and Patriotic Quilt, 1995 at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York. Her work has also been in several group exhibitions including at the American Craft Museum, New York, the Smithsonian Institution's Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC, the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, and the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT. Hicks's quilts were the subject of a PhD dissertation by Yolanda Woods, New World African Conjurers Who Edify and Heal the Community, and the artist is included in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore, vol. 2 (2006).
Born in Los Angeles, Hicks is a self-taught artist. Hicks works professionally as an ecommerce and marketing director. She earned a BA in business from Howard University and MBA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The artist has transitioned from quiltmaking to writing about African American quilt history. Hicks has written over a dozen books on various quilt subjects, including the authoritative guide Black Threads: An African American Quilting Sourcebook, the children's book Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria and the quilt history This I Accomplish: Harriet Powers' Bible Quilt and Other Pieces.
