Untitledc. 1954Sheet: 25 x 20 " (63.5 x 50.8 cm)
Frame: 34 1/4 x 28 1/2 x 2 " (87 x 72.4 x 5.1 cm)Ink on paper, mounted on boardGift of Anthony Petullo2025.16.111579749341Madge GillDrawingsLondonLondonEnglandWorks on PaperRecent AcquisitionsAmerican Folk Art MuseumLondonObject information is a work in progress and may be updated
with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art
Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgThis absorbing and compelling ink on paper Madge Gill is composed of her typical signature motifs: labyrinthine space, dense checkered patterns, staircases, spirals, and gazing oval-shaped faces emerging from tangles of line and cross-hatching in ink. Some of her thousands of works are as small as a postcard; others fill large pieces of plain calico fabric that unfurl to thirty feet in length. She also created equally detailed embroidery. The improvisational quality of her art reflects how she claimed to work, with a spirit she called “Myrninerest” (sometimes interpreted as “my inner rest”) guiding her hand.19491959 2025 16 1 Object information is a work in progress and may be updated
with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art
Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgThis absorbing and compelling ink on paper Madge Gill is composed of her typical signature motifs: labyrinthine space, dense checkered patterns, staircases, spirals, and gazing oval-shaped faces emerging from tangles of line and cross-hatching in ink. Some of her thousands of works are as small as a postcard; others fill large pieces of plain calico fabric that unfurl to thirty feet in length. She also created equally detailed embroidery. The improvisational quality of her art reflects how she claimed to work, with a spirit she called “Myrninerest” (sometimes interpreted as “my inner rest”) guiding her hand.