Bowl of fruit, from the series Body Beautiful, Beauty Knows No Pain
- Title:
- Bowl of fruit, from the series Body Beautiful, Beauty Knows No Pain
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Creator:
- Rosler, Martha
- Creation Date:
- 1966-1972
- ID Number:
- 2009
- File Name:
- 2009.041.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- chromogenic color prints
- Subject:
- Art and Photography
post-modernism - Measurement:
- 50.8 x 40.6 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Photomontage of a 1960's kitchen, from floor to ceiling, with a conventionally attractive, nude, blonde woman looking seductively over her shoulder on the right, and a small Vietnamese child (in black and white) crouching on the counter to the left. The kitchen has grey upper cabinets and brown lower cabinets, with a pink stove and a microwave above. The kitchen is hemmed in by a wooden cart topped with a stack of plates, 3 knives, and a giant stemless wineglass filled with green apples.
- Notes:
- Framed chromogenic print.
- Cite As:
- Martha Rosler (American, born 1943), Bowl of Fruit, from the series Body Beautiful, Beauty Knows No Pain, 1966-72. Chromogenic print, edition 3/10, 20 x 16 in. Acquired through the generosity of the Donors to the contemporary Art Fund, 2009.041.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
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