Forever (For Old Lady Sally)

Forever (For Old Lady Sally) is a 2006 print by Gee's Bend quilter Loretta Pettway Bennett.

[1][2] The plate is coated with wax and treated with acid, which pulls the color from the sampler quilt and produces prints of great detail, rendering individual threads, seams, folds, and variation in color, and results in a softground spitbite aquatint etching on paper.

Forever (For Old Lady Sally) was acquired by Eskenazi Health as part of a re-imagining of the organization's historical art collection and to support "the sense of optimism, vitality and energy" of its new campus in 2013.

[3][4] In response to its nationwide request for proposals, Eskenazi Health received more than 500 submissions from 39 states, which were then narrowed to 54 finalists by an independent jury.

Forever (For Old Lady Sally) is currently displayed in the yellow elevator corridor on the 2nd floor of Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital.