Guerrilla Girls

What I Want for Mother's Day

1991

Pink poster reading "What I want for Mother's Day" with a heart saying "I want a lease and keys."

Pink poster reading "What I want for Mother's Day" with a heart saying "I want a lease and keys."

Not on view

Date
1991

Classification
Prints

Medium
Poster

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 × 17 in. (55.9 × 43.2 cm) Image: 22 × 17 in. (55.9 × 43.2 cm)

Accession number
2015.8.35

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Guerrilla Girls

API
artworks/46941

Part of a series:
Guerrilla Girls' Portfolio Compleat 1985-2012
91 works

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A large pint and small shot illustrate male dominance in Irish art with bold headline and statistics.

Brick-wall collage of misogynistic quotes and names highlighting harmful statements about women.

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