Mary Beth Edelson

Zipper Sheela: Stepping Out
1973

A mixed media artwork featuring a stylized figure with a smiling mask-like face and a sun-like halo. The figure's body is painted with vibrant yellow and orange hues, and its chest is open to reveal a zipper, suggesting an interior space. The figure's arms are raised, and its legs are positioned in a wide stance, with a photographic element of grass and earth at the feet. Handwritten text at the bottom reads "cut out for running fast." The background is a soft, textured peach color.
A mixed media artwork featuring a stylized figure with a smiling mask-like face and a sun-like halo. The figure's body is painted with vibrant yellow and orange hues, and its chest is open to reveal a zipper, suggesting an interior space. The figure's arms are raised, and its legs are positioned in a wide stance, with a photographic element of grass and earth at the feet. Handwritten text at the bottom reads "cut out for running fast." The background is a soft, textured peach color.

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Date
1973

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Oil, pen and ink, wax crayon, collaged paper and glitter on gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 8in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Image: 10 × 8in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Accession number
2017.200

Series
Woman Rising, 1973

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Mary Beth Edelson

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Mary Beth Edelson
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