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Nancy Spero Art

American, 1926-2009
Nancy Spero (August 24, 1926 – October 18, 2009) was an American visual artist. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Spero lived for much of her life in New York City. She married and collaborated with artist Leon Golub. As both artist and activist, Nancy Spero had a career that spanned fifty years. She is known for her continuous engagement with contemporary political, social, and cultural concerns. Spero chronicled wars and apocalyptic violence as well as articulating visions of ecstatic rebirth and the celebratory cycles of life. Her complex network of collective and individual voices was a catalyst for the creation of her figurative lexicon representing women from prehistory to the present in such epic-scale paintings and collage on paper as Torture of Women (1976), Notes in Time on Women (1979) and The First Language (1981). In 2010, Notes in Time was posthumously reanimated as a digital scroll in the online magazine Triple Canopy. Spero has had a number of retrospective exhibitions at major museums.
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Airborne, Silkscreen with collage additions on Somerset velvet paper Signed/N
Airborne, Silkscreen with collage additions on Somerset velvet paper Signed/N

Airborne, Silkscreen with collage additions on Somerset velvet paper Signed/N

By Nancy Spero

Located in New York, NY

Nancy Spero Airborne, 1998 Mixed Media: Silkscreen with collage additions on Somerset velvet paper 30 × 22 inches Edition of 50 Signed, dated and numbered from the limited edition of only 50 on the front Unframed Very poignant imagery: an airborne angel grabs the hand of a nude female; underneath are figures that recall the four horsemen of the apocalypse...

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1990s Feminist Nancy Spero Art

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Goddess and Mourning Women

Goddess and Mourning Women

By Nancy Spero

Located in New York, NY

Nancy Spero Goddess and Mourning Women 1989 unique example of handprinting and printed collage on paper, measuring 20 by 17 inches

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Crying Woman / Fertility Figure
Crying Woman / Fertility Figure

Crying Woman / Fertility Figure

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Unique work made from handprinting and printed collage on paper.

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Materials

Printer's Ink, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Pencil, Monoprint

Explicit Explanation
Explicit Explanation

Explicit Explanation

By Nancy Spero

Located in New York, NY

Nancy Spero Explicit Explanation 1998 published in an edition of 25. Printed from a type high zinc relief plate. Screen printing was used for the text.

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1990s Feminist Nancy Spero Art

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Printer's Ink, Screen

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