Sledge Hammer Mamma

© Alison Saar
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Sledge Hammer Mamma

United States, 1996
Sculpture
Ceiling tin on wood, nails, sledgehammer
32 x 7 x 8 in. (81.28 x 17.78 x 20.32 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Paul and Suzanne Muchnic and Reese and Linda M. Polesky in loving memory of Herbert V. Muchnic. Additional funds generously provided by Times Mirror. (AC1996.161.1)
Contemporary Art
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Kim, Christine Y., and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews, editors. Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023.
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews, editors. Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023.
  • Roberts, Mary Nooter and Alison Saar.  Body Politics: The female Image in Luba Art and the Sculpture of Alison Saar.  Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2000.
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