Object number:
2010.54.2359
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
Women Hold Up Half The Sky
Maker:
Dana Bass
Date made:
1975, 1976
Material/Technique:
Screen print on paper
Dimensions:
H: 27.375 in, W: 17.5 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
poster
Content description:
The poster has a stylized drawing of two female figures standing side by side, holding hands. The figure at left is wearing a green skirt with orange flowers and an orange shirt, the figure at right is wearing blue jeans and a yellow shirt. Both figures are raising their free hand into the sky where a lightning bolt appears between it and the sun. The background of the drawing has stylized orange and yellow hills and flowers. The bottom of the drawing has the text: "Women Hold Up / Half The Sky".
Concepts:
sun; female; sky
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