In Her Own Image: Women Working in the Arts

338 Pages·1980·19.02 MB·English

by  Elaine Hedges, Ingrid Wendt (editor)

ELAINE HEDGES AND INCRID WENDT
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in 2011
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women working in the Arts
Elaine Hedges
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The Feminist Press
NEW YORK
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Copyright © 1980byTheFeministPress.AllrightsreservedunderInterna-
tional and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United
States byThe FeministPressatTheCityUniversityofNewYork, 311 East
94 Street, New York, NY 10128.
DistributedbyTheTalmanCompany,Inc., 150FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY
10011.
First edition, second printing
Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Main entry under title:
In her own image, women working in the arts.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Ananthologyofvisualandliteraryworksbyandaboutwomen
artists and authors.
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Add1.resFseemsi,neisssmaysa,nldecttuhrees.ar3.tsWoAmdedrnesasrteiss,ts—esAsdadyrs,essleesc,tuersessa.ys,2.leAcrtturses.
[1.Women artists. 2. Women authors. 3. Feminism and the arts.]I. Hedges,
Elaine. II. Wendt, Ingrid, 1944-
NX180.F415 700 79-17024
ISBN 0-912670-62-2 (pbk.)
Cover: Portrait of the Artist with Two Pupils, Mile. Gabrielle Capet
(1761-1818), and Mile. Carreaux de Rosemond(d. 1788), byAdelaide Labille-
Guiard. Reproduced with permission of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(Gift of Julia A. Berwind, 1953.)
Frontispiece:Log Cabin Quilt:Barn Raising, by Mary Fish, 1879; from the
Shelburne Museum, Inc., Shelburne, Vermont. Foreground: Ghost Dance
Woman, by Wendy Rose, 1976; from a private collection, courtesy of the
Table of Contents
x List of Plates
xv Publisher's Acknowledgments
xix Authors' Acknowledgments
xx Introduction
ONE: Everyday Use
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Household Work and Women's Art
10 A PUEBLO WOMAN'S HERITAGE: COMMENT AND
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pottery Margaret Tafoya
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13 quilts and women's culture Elaine Hedges
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20 STAR OF BETHLEHEM QUILT AnonymOUS
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21 rose of sharon quilt Sarah Barker
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22 bible quilt Harriet Powers
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23 mariner's compass quilt Anonymous
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24 log cabin quilt: barn raising Mary Fish
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25 everyday use Alice Walker
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35 looking at quilts Marge Piercy
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37 medieval tapestry and questions Diane Wakoski
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39 weaving Lucy Larcom
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42 VIRGINIA HOWARD, APPALACHIAN WEAVER Doris Ulmann
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44 three weavings Glen Corbett Povey
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48 four string compositions Sue Fuller
52 PLUCKING THE FRUITS OF KNOWLEDGE AND
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science Mary Cassatt
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54 basket of peaches Fede Galizia
56 EXHIBITION OF WOMEN ARTISTS
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(1790-1900) Joan Aleshire
58 THE SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT RYE
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bread Bethami Auerbach
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61 the vase Jessamyn West
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71 two collages Miriam Schapiro
75 TWO: Becoming an Artist
Obstacles and Challenges
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86 Shakespeare's sister Virginia Woolf
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93 prologue Anne Bradstreet
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95 jane eyre Charlotte Bronte
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98 MY BUSINESS IS TO SING! LETTERS
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and poems Emily Dickinson
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103 the centaur May Swenson
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106 the sketch Gertrude Kasebier
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108 female students drawing Frances Benjamin Johnston
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110 at sixteen Michele Murray
getting a start: interview with carmen
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lomas garza Olivia Evey Chapa
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115 THE ARTIST AS HOUSEWIFE Erica Jong
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121 journal of a solitude May Sarton
127 THIS IS THE STORY OF THE DAY IN THE LIFE
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of a woman trying Susan Griffin
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130 dust Ingrid Wendt
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134 the rabbi's daughter Hortense Calisher
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148 you captured my heart Patti Warashina
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151 the divided heart Ruth Whitman
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156 maternity Dorothea Tanning
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159 prospective immigrants please note Adrienne Rich
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161 you do not know the breaking through Ellen Bass
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163 through the flower Judy Chicago
167 THREE: Their Own images
Definitions and Discoveries
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174 turning Lucille Clifton
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175 a nude by edward hopper Lisel Mueller
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177 poem in which my legs are accepted Kathleen Fraser
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180 self-portrait Paula Modersohn-Becker
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182 SELF-PORTRAIT WITH CROPPED HAIR Frida Kahlo
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185 two sculptures Marisol
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189 self-portrait as athena Marcia Marcus
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191 black venus Niki de Saint-Phalle
194 NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES! PAINTING
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and poem Wendy Rose
198 knowing who you are: interview and
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etching Carmen Lomas Garza
203 FIFTH CHINESE DAUGHTER! AUTOBIOGRAPHY
and pottery—Jade Snow Wong
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216 rolinda sharples and her mother Rolinda Sharpies
218 PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST WITH TWO
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pupils Adelaide Labille-Guiard
221 THE ARTIST IN THE CHARACTER
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of design Angelica Kauffmann
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224 to george sand Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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227 two poems Emily Dickinson
230 MARTHA GRAHAM; LETTER TO THE WORLD, 1940
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(kick Barbara Morgan
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234 emily Dickinson Linda Pastan
237 FOUR: Lend Your Hands
Women's Art and Social Change
246 THE ARTIST AND THE PEOPLE! AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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and graphics Kaethe Kollwitz
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262 kathe kollwitz Muriel Rukeyser
269 SINGING FOR A NEW DAY: INTERVIEW
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and song Holly Near
280 BLACK MUSIC IN OUR HANDS! ESSAY
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and song Bernice Reagon
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288 the liberation of aunt jemima Betye Saar
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290 wall of respect for women Lower East Side
Collective
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292 collections for her-story: o Wallflower Order
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295 the dinner party Judy Chicago and The Dinner
Party Project
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299 your small hands Adrienne Rich
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301 wherever Muriel Rukeyser
302 About the Authors
302 A Note on Language
303 Index
List of Plates
11 PLATE 1
Margaret Tafoya, Black Carved Bowl
Polished Inside and Out
11 plate 2
Margaret Tafoya, Black Polished Water far
with Bear Impression
20 plate 3
Anonymous, Star of Bethlehem Quilt
21 PLATE 4
Sarah Barker, Rose of Sharon Quilt
22 plate 5
Harriet Powers, Bible Quilt
23 plate 6
Anonymous, Mariner's Compass Quilt
24 plate 7
Mary Fish, Log Cabin Quilt:
Barn Raising
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Doris Ulmann, Virginia Howard,
Brasstown, North Carolina
46 PLATE 9
Glen Corbett Povey, Weaving:
Preliminary Sketch
47 PLATE 10
Glen Corbett Povey, Atabet's Moment
47 PLATE n
Glen Corbett Povey, Out of the Blue
47 PLATE 12
Glen Corbett Povey, Columbia
48 PLATE 13
Sue Fuller, String Composition
#702, Demi-Structure