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Fertile Goddess Place Setting

Judy Chicago

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

On View: Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
MEDIUM Runner:Cotton/linen base fabric, woven interface support material (horsehair, wool, and linen), cotton twill tape, silk, synthetic gold cord, flax warp, wool, hair weft, shells, bone needles, starfish, ceramic fetish figures, beads, coiled wool yarn medallions, wool cording, thread Plate: Porcelain with overglaze enamel (China paint), rainbow luster
DATES 1974–1979
DIMENSIONS Runner:53 3/8 x 31 3/8 in. (135.6 x 79.7 cm) Plate:14 x 14 x 1 in. (35.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm)  (show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER 2002.10-PS-2
CREDIT LINE Gift of The Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
CAPTION Judy Chicago (American, born 1939). Fertile Goddess Place Setting, 1974–1979. Runner:Cotton/linen base fabric, woven interface support material (horsehair, wool, and linen), cotton twill tape, silk, synthetic gold cord, flax warp, wool, hair weft, shells, bone needles, starfish, ceramic fetish figures, beads, coiled wool yarn medallions, wool cording, thread Plate: Porcelain with overglaze enamel (China paint), rainbow luster, Runner:53 3/8 x 31 3/8 in. (135.6 x 79.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation, 2002.10-PS-2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2002.10-PS-2_plate_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 2002.10-PS-2_plate_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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RIGHTS STATEMENT © Judy Chicago
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