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Crazy Quilt is Zuzek's interpretation of "cheater cloth", 19th century imitation patchwork. Here, each patch references an earlier Zuzek design. Versions of Hep Cats, Heraldry, Chicken Check and San Marco Mosaic are visible. This colorful work is one of Zuzek's most technical works, and showcases the artist's mastery of fall-on (the use of overlapping screens to create new colors). Here, five screens (black, white, yellow, blue and pink) are deftly combined to create seven colors (black, white, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink).
Crazy Quilt became a staple of Pulitzer's 'Men's Stuff' line, appearing on jeans, belts and blazers. The New York Times captured Mayor John V Lindsay wearing the blazer to the appropriately named 1970 Print Festival.
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In overall good condition and ready to hang. Please note that these original watercolors became designs used in print-making and may contain holes, notations and/or other interesting marks. Close examination reveals overall minor discoloration to paper, darkest along the edges. With some minor areas of surface dirt and water stains throughout. With rough cut left, right, and upper edges. With four pinholes to the extreme corner and additional scattered pinholes throughout. With three hole punches long the right edge, each 5⁄16 in. in diameter and one additional punch hole along the lower edge,1/4 in. in diameter, not punched through. Paper with a small tear along the right edge, 1 in. long.