Star Girl Banded with Blue Wave

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Barbara Nessim (artist)

Silkscreen print on canvas, depicting a female figure. The caption reads 'Star Girl Banded with Blue Wave'

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Category	Drawings
Object type	silkscreen print
Title	Star Girl Banded with Blue Wave (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Silkscreen print on canvas Canvas Silkscreen
Brief description	Star Girl Banded with Blue Wave, by Barbara Nessim, 1966
Physical description	Silkscreen print on canvas, depicting a female figure. The caption reads 'Star Girl Banded with Blue Wave'
Dimensions	Width: 1067mm Height: 1067mm
Marks and inscriptions	Star Girl Banded with Blue Wave
Gallery label	Barbara Nessim: An Artful Life (V&A, 2013; Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 2014-15) Star Girl Banded with Blue Wave 1966 This screenprint was commissioned for the Scarabaeus home furnishing store in New York City. The image refers to Wonder Woman, the iconic role model who featured in American comics. Nessim displayed her own copy of Star Girl in the apartment she shared with Gloria Steinem from 1962 to ’68. Steinem, later a key figure in the Women’s Movement, also used an image of Wonder Woman for one of the first issues of Ms magazine. Screenprint on canvas Museum no. E.1-2013
Credit line	Given by the artist
Object history	Commissioned by George Beylerian for Scarabeaus store in New York City.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1-2013

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Record created	November 23, 2012
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1257686/star-girl-banded-with-blue-silkscreen-print-barbara-nessim/

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