Two Women II

Kay WalkingStick, Two Women II, 1973, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2021.30.1, © Kay Walkingstick, 2017
Kay WalkingStick, Two Women II, 1973, acrylic on canvas, overall: 42 38 × 44 18 in. (107.6 × 112.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2021.30.1, © Kay Walkingstick, 2017

Artwork Details

Title
Two Women II
Date
1973
Dimensions
overall: 42 38 × 44 18 in. (107.6 × 112.1 cm)
Copyright
© Kay Walkingstick, 2017
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums
Mediums Description
acrylic on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group — female
Object Number
2021.30.1

Artwork Description

How easily can you find the two women of the title? The painting's eye-popping hues and lack of volumetric detail create playful confusion between the figures and the background.

A Cherokee woman, Kay WalkingStick has been a double trailblazer in American art. She describes this painting as a joyful expression of female self-determination and sensuality. Produced amid the women's movement and the sexual revolution of the 1970s, it offers a rejoinder to the long history of male artists depicting the female nude.

Works by this artist (3 items)

Kay WalkingStick, Orilla Verde at the Rio Grande, 2012, oil on wood panel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2021.30.3, © Kay Walkingstick, 2016
Orilla Verde at the Rio Grande
Date2012
oil on wood panel
On view
Kay WalkingStick, Two Women II, 1973, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2021.30.1, © Kay Walkingstick, 2017
Two Women II
Date1973
acrylic on canvas
On view
Kay WalkingStick, With Love to Marsden, 1995, oil and acrylic paint, wax, glitter on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2021.30.2, © Kay Walkingstick, 2017
With Love to Marsden
Date1995
oil and acrylic paint, wax, glitter on canvas
Not on view

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Kay WalkingStick, With Love to Marsden, 1995, oil and acrylic paint, wax, glitter on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2021.30.2, © Kay Walkingstick, 2017
With Love to Marsden
Date1995
oil and acrylic paint, wax, glitter on canvas
Not on view