Judy Chicago
Red Flag, 1971
Photo-lithograph on paper
Paper Dimensions:
20 x 24 inches
(50.8 x 61 cm)
Image Dimensions:
16 x 20 inches
(40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Edition of 94
Unframed
Signed “Judy Chicago 1971” bottom right
Less than 10 remaining in the edition
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Sam Francis at the Litho Shop, Santa Monica, CA
Red Flag, 1971
Photo-lithograph on paper
Paper Dimensions:
20 x 24 inches
(50.8 x 61 cm)
Image Dimensions:
16 x 20 inches
(40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Edition of 94
Unframed
Signed “Judy Chicago 1971” bottom right
Less than 10 remaining in the edition
︎ Inquire about this work
Sam Francis at the Litho Shop, Santa Monica, CA
Considered the first
image of menstruation in art history, Red Flag was and remains
controversial. It even caused a dispute between Chicago and her good friend and
mentor Anaïs Nin, who disagreed with Chicago that it was an appropriate subject
for art (Chicago and Nin quickly made up). One could aestheticize it and
compare it to the ejaculatory process of the Abstract Expressionists, or one
could just allow it to be exactly what it is: a radical image of an act that is
both mundane (for those who perform it) and repulsive (for many who do not).
Chicago writes of her disagreement with Nin and her defense of Red Flag,
“We must make our hidden emotions and experiences visible and acceptable.”
Printed at Sam Francis’ private shop, Santa Monica, CA
Collection: Tate Americas Foundation
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In a feminist gesture to subvert tradition, Judy "Gerowitz" chose to take control of her her own identy by changing her married surname to "Chicago" and even placed an advertisement in an October 1970 Artforum magainze announcing this news.
Printed in 1971, Red Flag was the first print produced where she began signing as "Judy Chicago."
Printed at Sam Francis’ private shop, Santa Monica, CA
Collection: Tate Americas Foundation
In a feminist gesture to subvert tradition, Judy "Gerowitz" chose to take control of her her own identy by changing her married surname to "Chicago" and even placed an advertisement in an October 1970 Artforum magainze announcing this news. Printed in 1971, Red Flag was the first print produced where she began signing as "Judy Chicago."
