Pillow Talk
Artist
Patssi Valdez(American, born 1951)American, born 1951
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Pillow Talk
Datecirca 1979–80
MediumBlack and white photograph, ink, and pastel on mural paper
DimensionsImage: 24 × 30 1/16 in. (61 × 76.3 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 30 1/16 in. (61 × 76.3 cm)
Frame: 29 1/2 × 35 5/8 × 1 15/16 in. (75 × 90.5 × 5 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 30 1/16 in. (61 × 76.3 cm)
Frame: 29 1/2 × 35 5/8 × 1 15/16 in. (75 × 90.5 × 5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Latino Art Fund
Object number2024.99
Not on view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryL.A. Memo: Chicana/o Art From 1972-1989 La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Mar 18, 2022 - Aug 14, 2022.
Published References Chavoya, C. Ondine, and Rita González, eds. Asco: Elite of the Obscure, a Retrospective, 1972–1987. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz; Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2011. González, Rita, Howard N. Fox, and Chon A. Noriega. Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement. Berkeley: University of California Press; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008. James, David E. "Hollywood Extras: One Tradition of 'Avant-garde' Film in Los Angeles." October, no. 90 (Fall 1999): 3–24. McMahon, Marci R. Domestic Negotiations: Gender, Nation, and Self-fashioning in US Mexicana and Chicana Literature and Art. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2013. Romo, Tere. Patssi Valdez: A Precarious Comfort / Una comodidad precaria. San Francisco: Mexican Museum, 1999.
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