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Study for the Dinner Party: Saint Bridget

(American, born in 1939)
Medium/TechniqueWatercolour and pencil
DimensionsImage: 27.6 x 27.6 cm (10 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 28.6 x 36.8 cm (11 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
Framed: 45.7 x 45.7 cm (18 x 18 in.)
Credit LineVirginia Herrick Deknatel Purchase Fund
Accession number2014.470
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsSigned, dated and inscribed "Study for the Dinner Party--St. Bridget--5th Century Irish Saint, abbess, feminist--She was the goddest of milk and fire--Judy Chicago--1975" in pencil around the circular edge of the design. Dedicated "For Kathleen with appreciation and respect" in pencil at the lower left and right
Provenance1975, gift of the artist to Kathleen Schneider; 2012, sold by Schneider to Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London; 2014, sold by Ongpin to the MFA. (Accession date: March 26, 2014)