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Laury, Jean Ray (1928-2011) Barefoot & Pregnant.
1987.
Quilt assembled from screenprinted cotton fabric and quilted by hand; rod pocket for display sewn to verso; one of Laury's best-known quilts; signed and dated on verso with artist's title and numbered #6 of an unknown edition; 92 x 92 in.Barefoot & Pregnant, incorporates a quotation from a 1963 speech made by 'the barefoot and pregnant senator,' Arkansas state legislator Paul van Dalsem. Text from his sexist speech is printed on the quilt, one line per block. His comment rankled Laury, who felt strongly about women's rights and reproductive freedom. In 1999, this quilt was selected for inclusion in The Twentieth Century's Best American Quilts." (Quoted from the International Quilt Museum's 2011 exhibition of Laury's work, Getting it all Together. For more see )
