[Quilted Fabric] In the 1980s, Yvonne Porcella, a self-taught fiber artist, began creating art quilts that reflected her fascination with bold colors. Her compositions are largely abstract, made up of strips, squares, and triangles of vivid cotton fabrics.

Takoage was the first of Porcella's quilts designed to be hung on a wall. In this piece and others, she has produced dazzling combinations of saturated hues suggestive of strong emotions.

Courtesy of the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program

Takoage, 1980, by Yvonne Porcella (b. 1936), United States, machine-pieced and hand-quilted cotton fabric

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