Quilt
Photo credit: © Drunell Levinson. All rights reserved.
Accession Number: C.2007.8.65
Dimensions: 68 in X 34 in X 0.25 in
Dimensions (Metric): 172.72 cm X 86.36 cm X 0.635 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 172.72 cm X 86.36 cm X 0.635 cm
Source: Drunell Levinson
Credit Line: Gift of Drunell Levinson and of the contributors to the September 11 Quilts Memorial Exhibition
Memories of Nicky
Description
Quilt titled Memories of Nicky created by Jennifer Ruocco and made with fabric, batting, photo transfer, and thread. This quilt has 10 squares and a patterned border. The top right square is an appliquéd hand in the American Sign Language sign for "I love you." There is a square with a photo transfer portrait of Nicholas P. Pietrunti. Below the photo is embroidered "Nicholas Pietrunti | Cantor Fitzgerald." Appliquéd hockey sticks, a golf ball and tee, and embroidered hands in American Sign Language letters are in the alternating purple patches, together they spell "PEACE." "Forever in our hearts!" is embroidered at the bottom of the quilt.
Quilt titled Memories of Nicky created by Jennifer Ruocco and made with fabric, batting, photo transfer, and thread. This quilt has 10 squares and a patterned border. The top right square is an appliquéd hand in the American Sign Language sign for "I love you." There is a square with a photo transfer portrait of Nicholas P. Pietrunti. Below the photo is embroidered "Nicholas Pietrunti | Cantor Fitzgerald." Appliquéd hockey sticks, a golf ball and tee, and embroidered hands in American Sign Language letters are in the alternating purple patches, together they spell "PEACE." "Forever in our hearts!" is embroidered at the bottom of the quilt.
Historical Notes
Inspired by the AIDS Memorial Quilt, New York City–based arts educator Drunell Levinson conceived a September 11 Quilts Memorial that would bring together the work of artists from around the world. Drawing upon her academic research into mourning customs and her expertise as a quilter and fabric artist, Levinson issued a call for quilts on a website she created for the project. She offered thematic guidelines and requested a uniform size but left the choice of material, style, and subject to each quilter. Within the first year after 9/11, she had received 94 quilts. Over the next two years, the quilts—many using the Twin Towers as a focal point—were displayed throughout the United States and in Japan.
Inspired by the AIDS Memorial Quilt, New York City–based arts educator Drunell Levinson conceived a September 11 Quilts Memorial that would bring together the work of artists from around the world. Drawing upon her academic research into mourning customs and her expertise as a quilter and fabric artist, Levinson issued a call for quilts on a website she created for the project. She offered thematic guidelines and requested a uniform size but left the choice of material, style, and subject to each quilter. Within the first year after 9/11, she had received 94 quilts. Over the next two years, the quilts—many using the Twin Towers as a focal point—were displayed throughout the United States and in Japan.
