LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Judy Chicago
Did You Know Your Mother Had A Sacred Heart?1975-1976

Not on view
Mixed-media altar-like cabinet in dark wood draped with crimson fabric and navy fringe, topped with a three-panel painted triptych featuring symmetrical abstract floral and heart motifs in red, blue, and cream

Judy Chicago, Did You Know Your Mother Had A Sacred Heart?, 1975-1976, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mary Ross Taylor, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Judy Chicago
United States, Illinois, Chicago, active Los Angeles, born 1939
Title
Did You Know Your Mother Had A Sacred Heart?
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1975-1976
Medium
China-paint and pen work on porcelain, embroidery on silk and wood
Dimensions
Each panel unframed: 17 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (45.09 x 45.09 cm); base: 56 x 40 x 20 in. (142.2 x 101.6 x 50.8 cm); each panel framed: 19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (50.17 x 50.17 cm); cloth: 115 x 20 in. (292.1 x 50.8 cm); fringe: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Ross Taylor
Accession Number
M.84.89a-e
Classification
Collages
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • A Focus on California: Selections from the Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • Gioni, Massimiliano, Gary Carrion-Murayari, and Margot Norton, editors. Judy Chicago: Herstory. New York: Phaidon Press Limited, 2023.
Copyright
© Judy Chicago / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York