Judy Chicago, Almost Born, 1983

Judy Chicago

Almost Born, 1983

Lithograph on Rives tan BFK paper (accompanied by original documentation sheet - also hand signed by Judy Chicago)

Signed, titled, dated and numbered 62/100 on the front; with blind stamp. Also included is documentation sheet hand signed by Judy Chicago

Frame included

Signed, titled, dated and numbered 62/100 in graphite pencil on the front; with blind stamp. Also affixed to the back of the vintage wood frame is the original documentation sheet, with extensive details about the print run hand signed by Judy Chicago as well as the publisher, and dated 8/5/1983. - so there are actually two hand signatures with this artwork. (documentation sheet not shown for security purposes)
Measurements:
Frame:
20 x 26 x 1 inch
Print:
15 x 22 inches

Published by Hand Graphics, Inc. Santa Fe, New Mexico, with their distinctive blind stamp
A;most Born is an early 1983 Judy Chicago feminist print, depicting a child, with umbilical cord, in the womb and about to be born - celebrating the miracle of child birth.
A wonderful gift for any expectant or new family by the world's foremost feminist artist.

More about Judy Chicago
Born Judy Cohen in Chicago, Illinois, in 1939, Chicago attended the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of California, Los Angeles. Chicago’s early work was Minimalist, and she was part of the landmark Primary Structures exhibition in 1966 at The Jewish Museum in New York. She turned to feminist content in the late 1960s. At this time she changed her last name to Chicago, the location of her birth.

Believing in the need for a feminist pedagogy for female art students, Chicago began the first Feminist Art Program at California State University, Fresno, in 1970. The following year, with artist Miriam Schapiro, she co-founded the Feminist Art Program at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia. Womanhouse (1972), a collaborative installation the two artists created with their students, transformed an abandoned building into a house representative of women’s experiences.

Chicago is perhaps best known for her iconic The Dinner Party (1974–1979), which celebrates women’s history through place settings designed for 39 important women. The monumental, collaborative project incorporates traditional women’s crafts such as embroidery, needlepoint, and ceramics.

Chicago’s work has continued to address themes from women’s lives with The Birth Project (1980–1985) and The Holocaust Project (1985–1993). She is a prolific lecturer and writer, and she has taught at Duke and Indiana Universities and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her numerous awards include grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Getty Foundation and four honorary doctorates. She currently resides with her husband, photographer Donald Woodman, with whom she collaborates on artistic and teaching opportunities.
-Courtesy of National Museum of Women in the Arts

Judy Chicago is the subject of a one person exhibition at the New Museum in New York, October 2023.
In the age of "Me-Too" and beyond, one of the first self-proclaimed feminist artists, the creator of the iconic "Dinner Party" - is now having her day. And IS she having her day - with a major ICA retrospective in Miami held during Art Basel/art, and glowing editorials and re-appreciations of her life and career including major museum exhibitions and retrospectives -with more to come. (She was even profiled by Martha Teichner on CBS News' Sunday Morning).