Title:
Life As A Doll: Cracked Doll
Creator/Contributor:
Murdy, Ann, Artist
Date:
1993
Subject:
Dolls in art
Symbolism
Chicana art
Mexican American art
Chicanas
Mexican Americans
Chicanos
Chicano art
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Note:
: Image of a doll in a white dress with red jagged cracks on its forehead. Blue background on which is hovering a pink ribbon
with text. In picture comments: "Life could have been easier as a doll. A doll is worshiped, adored, and loved. Dolls don't
get hurt, they just crack up".
Colors used: 1. Op. Ultramarine blue blended to baby blue, 2. Op. dusty rose blended to flesh, 3. T yellow orche (sic.), 4.
T mint green, 5. T Fire red, 6. Op. charcoal gray. "Print deals with 'Life as a Doll.' This doll is the cracked doll. I
plan on doing [this] as series of doll prints where each doll is dysfunctional in one way or antoher.
Coventry Rag 290 grm; I-size: 19" x16"; P-size: 24 1/4" x 20"; Ed#: 4/55, 20/55; Signed;, Inscription in pencil below the
image area reads: "4/55, Life As A Doll: Cracked Doll, Ann Murdy, '93"print: José Alpuche; chopmark: embossed "SHG" located
below the image on the right.
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Type:
Screen Prints
Language:
English
Identifier:
CEMA 3
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