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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
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
  • Gioni, Massimiliano, Gary Carrion-Murayari, and Margot Norton, editors. Judy Chicago: Herstory. New York: Phaidon Press Limited, 2023.