Star Girl Banded with Blue Wave
Silkscreen Print
1966 (made)
1966 (made)
Artist/Maker |
Silkscreen print on canvas, depicting a female figure. The caption reads 'Star Girl Banded with Blue Wave'
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | Star Girl Banded with Blue Wave (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Silkscreen print on canvas |
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 |
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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 | |
Accession number | E.1-2013 |
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Record created | November 23, 2012 |
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