Bonnie Smith Newman
WONDER WOMAN The Amazon princess leaving her plane under mental radio control, plunges through the glass ceiling.
Artist
Bonnie Smith Newman (American, born 1944)American, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
- WONDER WOMAN The Amazon princess leaving her plane under mental radio control, plunges through the glass ceiling.
Date1995
PlaceUnited States
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsSheet: 41 3/4 × 51 inches
Frame: 43 1/2 × 52 5/8 inches
Frame: 43 1/2 × 52 5/8 inches
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Clinton T. Willour and Guy and Darla Comeaux
Object number96.561
Non exposé
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Against the backdrop of small-town America, the vibrant cartoon heroine Wonder Woman soars downward, debris flying in her wake. Wonder Woman made her comic debut in the early 1940s, with the tagline that she fought for "America, the last citadel of, and of equal rights for women!" Yet, with men returning from World War II, women working in their place were forced back into the home. Newman’s midcentury crowd stands both as the typical audience for the comic and the women in need of salvation. Combining fantasy with reality, Newman’s 1995 work outlines a struggle still being waged.
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History“Bonnie Smith Newman”, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas, June 7–July 12, 1997.
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1995
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