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Nancy Spero

1926

PaintingFeminist Art

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• Feminist Art

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Committed to Print

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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Naked/Nude: Contemporary Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Nancy Spero was an American visual artist known for her political and feminist paintings and hand pulled prints.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (23)

Maypole-War from Femfolio

2009 · Digital print with lithograph from a portfolio of nineteen digital prints (twelve with lithograph, one with pochoir, one with hand coloring, and one with gold dusting) and one lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 7/16 x 9 1/4" (29 x 23.5 cm); sheet: 12 1/16 x 12" (30.6 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Maypole, from "Femfolio"

2007 · Digital print with hand lithography

Sheet: 12 × 12 in. (30.5 × 30.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Timeless from the Museum in Progress project With an Open Mind - Tolerance and Diversity

2002 · Two lithographs, offset printed

sheet (.a): 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm); sheet (.b): 22 7/16 x 15 3/4" (57 x 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Airborne from Exit 8

1998 · Screenprint with collage additions from a portfolio of seven screenprints (two with collage additions, two with water color additions), one lithograph, and screenprinted cover

composition (irreg.): 26 5/16 x 20 13/16" (66.9 x 52.9 cm); sheet: 29 3/4 x 22 1/16" (75.5 x 56 cm)

Woman/War/Victimage/Resistance from the Museum in Progress

1994 · Six lithographs, offset printed

sheet (each): 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

To the Revolution from ACT UP Art Box

1994 · Multiple of wooden box with stamped ink and paint additions

overall (closed): 5 1/8 × 24 × 13 15/16" (13 × 60.9 × 35.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ballade von der Judenhure Marie Sanders

1991 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 21 1/16 x 48 1/8" (53.5 x 122.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Tate

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Whitney Museum of American Art

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Education

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Visual Arts

New Trier High School

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Beaux-Arts de Paris

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Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Rago	Nov 2025	$7,000 – $9,000	Unsold

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Master Prints from the Collection

New York · 1989

Group Exhibition Committed to Print

New York · 1988

Group Exhibition Naked/Nude: Contemporary Prints

New York · 1986