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Star Girl Banded with Blue Wave

Silkscreen Print
1966 (made)
Artist/Maker
Barbara Nessim (artist)

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

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
silkscreen print
TitleStar 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 createdNovember 23, 2012
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1257686/star-girl-banded-with-blue-silkscreen-print-barbara-nessim/
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