Immolation, from the portfolio On Fire”

Judy Chicago, Immolation, from the portfolio "On Fire", 1972, printed 2013, inkjet print on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum Purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2018.11.6
Judy Chicago, Immolation, from the portfolio "On Fire", 1972, printed 2013, inkjet print on paper, image: 16 × 16 in. (40.6 × 40.6 cm) sheet: 24 × 24 in. (61 × 61 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum Purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2018.11.6

Artwork Details

Title
Immolation, from the portfolio On Fire”
Artist
Date
1972, printed 2013
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 16 × 16 in. (40.6 × 40.6 cm) sheet: 24 × 24 in. (61 × 61 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums Description
inkjet print on paper
Classifications
Object Number
2018.11.6

Artwork Description

The title Immolation and the cross-legged pose of the nude figure bring to mind a famous photograph of the Buddhist monk Thích Qu?ng Ð?c, who self-immolated to protest the South Vietnamese government in 1963. Other monks and American peace activists later repeated his radical act. The colorful smoke in Immolation might also evoke the war's "rainbow herbicides"--most notoriously, Agent Orange--used by U.S. forces to defoliate combat zones. Chicago created Immolation when she led the country's first feminist art programs, initially at Fresno State College and then at CalArts

Works by this artist (162 items)

Mingering Mike, MERCY: "DIG IT" / WELL SHE LOVE'S ME, MINGERING MIKE & HIS FRACTURED SOUL BAND, ca. 1972 - 1975, ink and marker on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2013.8.85.2, © Mingering Mike
MERCY: DIG IT” / WELL SHE LOVE’S ME, MINGERING MIKE & HIS…
Dateca. 1972 - 1975
ink and marker on paper
Not on view
Mingering Mike, Gold Pot Records: MINGERING MIKE: SWEET WOMAN OF MINE, ca. 1972, ink, marker, crayon, and paint on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2013.8.110, © Mingering Mike
Gold Pot Records: MINGERING MIKE: SWEET WOMAN OF MINE
Dateca. 1972
ink, marker, crayon, and paint on paperboard
Not on view

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