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Pasadena Lifesavers Red #4

Close up of Pasadena Lifesavers Red #4

Four hard-edged octagonal rings, divided into wedges of brown, orange, pink, red, purple, blue, mint green, and grass green, sit on a square, white surface. Dark at the inner and outer edges and light in the center, the colors create the illusion of curved 3-dimensional objects.
Four hard-edged octagonal rings, divided into wedges of brown, orange, pink, red, purple, blue, mint green, and grass green, sit on a square, white surface. Dark at the inner and outer edges and light in the center, the colors create the illusion of curved 3-dimensional objects.
Judy Chicago, Pasadena Lifesavers Red #4, 1969-70; Sprayed acrylic lacquer on acrylic, 60 x 60 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of MaryRoss Taylor in memory of Carlota S. Smith; © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society, New York; Photo by Lee Stalsworth

Artwork Details

  • Artist

    Judy Chicago

  • Title

    Pasadena Lifesavers Red #4

  • Date

    1969–70

  • Medium

    Sprayed acrylic lacquer on acrylic

  • Dimensions

    60 x 60 in.

  • Donor Credit

    Gift of MaryRoss Taylor in memory of Carlota S. Smith

  • Image Credit

    © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society, New York; Photo by Lee Stalsworth

  • On Display

    Yes

The Artist, Judy Chicago

After more than four decades, Judy Chicago continues to be an influential feminist artist, author, and educator. Her work helped establish the Feminist Art Movement of the 1970s.
A light-skinned older woman with short purple-and-white hair smiles slightly, arms out to the side. She wears a blue sequin top with long black lace sleeves, a gold necklace, hoop earrings, and blue glasses. The sky and tree branches are behind her.