Object number:
2010.54.22726
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
Recent Prints and Posters By Jos Sances
Maker:
Jos Sances
Date made:
1997
Material / Technique:
Screen print on paper
Dimensions:
H: 30 in, W: 20 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Poster
Content description:
Multicolor poster has a stylized image of a woman holding a child, in the same style as the Virgin Mary holding an infant Jesus. Mary's face has been replaced with the face of a Barbie doll, with Jesus replaced by Michael Jordan. In the background, two green hands reach for Mary's shoulders and a basketball is in the top right corner. At the bottom of the poster is "Recent Prints And Posters By Jos Sances / March 16 - April 18 Middle East Cambridge, MA / May 1 - May 31 D. King Galleries Berkeley, CA / 1997".
Concepts:
art; Barbie; Virgin Mary; poster; print; exhibition
Persons:
Jesus Christ; Jos Sances; Michael Jordan
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