Mary Beth Edelson, Some Living American Women Artists, 1972

Third edition. Offset lithograph, 96.5 x 61.5 cm, printed b/w on glossy white paper. Signed in red on lower right. Faint creases on paper edges and small tear (1 cm) on top right hand corner, not affecting the image. Very good copy.

The poster mockup references Leonardo da Vinci's painting 'The Last Supper', replacing the faces of biblical male figures with those of contemporary female artists, with images of 80 more women artists collaged around the borders of the poster. Featured are Georgia O'Keeffe (in the role of Jesus), Yoko Ono, Faith Ringgold, Agnes Martin, Alice Neel, Hannah Wilke, Lee Bontecou, Eleanor Antin, Lee Krasner, Carolee Schneeman, Lynda Benglis et al. The iconic poster by American artist Mary Beth Edelson (1933-2021) became a representation of the 1970s feminist art movement, and was distributed in several editions (first, second (two runs), and third, all 1972).