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My Wife Doesn't Work

Poster
1980 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster, a grid of twenty squares printed in dark blue ink, representing hours in a woman's day. The first square shows a woman at 6am attending to a baby in a crib, at 7am she is serving breakfast to a family, at 8am she is washing up, and so on. The square representing 1pm shows a man in a pub with a speech bubble printed in red, 'My Wife Doesn't Work'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMy Wife Doesn't Work (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screenprinted
Brief description
Poster by See Red Women's Workshop, 'My Wife Doesn't Work', screenprint in dark blue and red, London, 1980.
Physical description
Poster, a grid of twenty squares printed in dark blue ink, representing hours in a woman's day. The first square shows a woman at 6am attending to a baby in a crib, at 7am she is serving breakfast to a family, at 8am she is washing up, and so on. The square representing 1pm shows a man in a pub with a speech bubble printed in red, 'My Wife Doesn't Work'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 790mm
  • Width: 530mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • MY WIFE DOESNT WORK (In red ink)
  • see red women's workshop
Credit line
Given by Suzy Mackie, Pru Stevenson and Bronwen Rice in memory of Julia Franco, founder member of See Red Women's Workshop
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.90-2011

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Record createdJuly 12, 2011
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