Artist
Martha Rosler(American)American
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Runway
- from the series Bringing the War Home: House Beautiful
Date1967–72
PlaceUnited States
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 16 3/4 × 23 3/8 in. (42.5 × 59.4 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 23 7/8 in. (50.8 × 60.6 cm)
Mount: 20 × 23 7/8 in. (50.8 × 60.6 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 23 7/8 in. (50.8 × 60.6 cm)
Mount: 20 × 23 7/8 in. (50.8 × 60.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment
Object number2011.640
Not on view
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this photomontage, Martha Rosler evokes a sense of uneasiness through the
surreal juxtaposition of a runway, representing the war in Vietnam, and cutout
images of perfect-looking American housewives culled from popular magazines
such as Life, Newsweek, and House Beautiful.
The montage illustrates the metaphorical collision of two worlds, revealing the
disparate realities confronting Americans in the 1960s and 1970s. The work also
links antiwar protests with the concomitant bitter gender war awakened by the
rise of the feminist movement. By changing the images’ original contexts,
Rosler produces what critics call an “agitational tableau.”
Provenance[Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"Utopia/ Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 March - 10 June, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Unsigned
Two gallery labels affixed to frame verso:
534 West 2th Street New York NY 10001 / Gorney Bravin + Lee / MARTHA ROSLER / Run-way, 1967-1972 / from the series "Bringing the War / Haome: House Beatutiful" / ... / Edition of 10 + 2 AP, #6/10
MITCHELL-INNES & NASH / NEW YORK / MARTHA ROSLER / Runway / 1967-72 / Photomontage / ... / Eidtion of 10 with 2 APs / MI&N 5846
One framer's label affixed to frame verso at LL.
534 West 2th Street New York NY 10001 / Gorney Bravin + Lee / MARTHA ROSLER / Run-way, 1967-1972 / from the series "Bringing the War / Haome: House Beatutiful" / ... / Edition of 10 + 2 AP, #6/10
MITCHELL-INNES & NASH / NEW YORK / MARTHA ROSLER / Runway / 1967-72 / Photomontage / ... / Eidtion of 10 with 2 APs / MI&N 5846
One framer's label affixed to frame verso at LL.
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Martha Swope
c. 1960
Gelatin silver print
86.331
