Study for the Dinner Party: Saint Bridget

Judy Chicago (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

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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)