Quilt, “Nightmare”

Ed Larson

1983

  • Titles Quilt, "Nightmare" (Proper)
  • Artist Ed Larson, American, born 1931
  • Medium cotton
  • Dimensions 61 1/4 x 51 in. (155.6 x 129.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Caroline Cargo, AFI.174.2011
  • Work Type quilt
  • Classification Quilts

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