Untitled, (Il renonce au coit...)

Nancy SperoWW-1970-070850

1970·Blue chalk, with wet brush, and collage of brush and black ink with gold and gray metallic paint on ivory wove paper, cut and pasted, on Japanese paper·64 × 54.9 cm (25 1/4 × 21 5/8 in.)

<p>Spero received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1949, and along with her husband, Leon Golub, she became associated with the Monster Roster group. A pioneering feminist in her work and actions, she was dedicated to making unapologetic statements against male privilege and the abuse of power while elevating the image of women. Spero often combined text with images, as seen in her series <em>Codex Artaud</em>, of which this drawing is a part. As in other works in the series, here Spero borrowed from the writings of the mentally ill French poet Antonin Artaud, inscribing at the bottom of the drawing, “What a sweet thing coitus. Artaud.”</p>

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Year: 1970
Medium: Blue chalk, with wet brush, and collage of brush and black ink with gold and gray metallic paint on ivory wove paper, cut and pasted, on Japanese paper
Dimensions: 64 × 54.9 cm (25 1/4 × 21 5/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Nancy Spero

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Nancy Spero

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

Cleveland, United States

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