Judy Chicago (American, born 1939). Sojourner Truth test plate #2, from The Dinner Party, ca. 1978. Porcelain, overglaze enamels, copper alloy, and Plexiglas, plate: 1 3/8 × 14 in. diameter (3.5 × 35.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Judy Chicago, 82.165. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 82.165_PS1.jpg)
Judy Chicago (American, born 1939). Sojourner Truth test plate #2, from The Dinner Party, ca. 1978. Porcelain, overglaze enamels, copper alloy, and Plexiglas, plate: 1 3/8 × 14 in. diameter (3.5 × 35.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Judy Chicago, 82.165. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 82.165_bw.jpg)
Sojourner Truth test plate #2, from The Dinner Party
Judy Chicago
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
MEDIUM
Porcelain, overglaze enamels, copper alloy, and Plexiglas
DATES
ca. 1978
DIMENSIONS
plate: 1 3/8 × 14 in. diameter (3.5 × 35.6 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Copper alloy plaque on glued onto back of rise on black Plexiglas base - © JUDY CHICAGO 1975 - 79
SIGNATURE
Signed middle right edge in black script: "J.C. '78"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed lower right edge in black script: "Sojourner Truth #2"
COLLECTIONS
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
82.165
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Judy Chicago
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Judy Chicago (American, born 1939). Sojourner Truth test plate #2, from The Dinner Party, ca. 1978. Porcelain, overglaze enamels, copper alloy, and Plexiglas, plate: 1 3/8 × 14 in. diameter (3.5 × 35.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Judy Chicago, 82.165. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 82.165_PS1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 82.165_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005
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