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HALL OF MEMORY #8: THE ECSTASY WHICH OCCURS UPON DISCOVERING THE CAVE BEAR ANCESTORS
Nancy Erickson
1998
Pearlescent paints and charcoal on cotton. Machine appliquéd and quilted.
58 1/2 x 60 inches

"In the mid 1990s I worked on quilted pieces that showed bears in caverns or in rooms formerly occupied by humans and covered with cave drawings of early animals," Erickson explains. "The bears wander through these environments, teaching their cubs about history."

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Hall of Memory #8 by Nancy Erickson


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Toward Barred Island by Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade (detail)