Two Sides

Date1971

Maker Ann Leda Shapiro American, born 1947

Label TextThis drawing was included in the 1973 exhibition Ann Leda Shapiro: Recent Paintings at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. At the time, the feminist movement was accelerating but the exhibition was closed after a few weeks because the artist's depiction of hermaphrodites caused an uproar.

Object number2015.2.2

ProvenanceThe artist; purchased from the artist by Matthew Offenbacher, Seattle, March 2015

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistoryNew York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Ann Leda Shapiro: Recent Paintings, Nov. 9–Dec. 10, 1973. No catalogue. Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Rebel Rebel, Aug. 29, 2015–July 4, 2016. No catalogue. Published ReferencesGraves, Jen. "The Most Unusual Art Gift Ever." The Stranger, May 6, 2015: reproduced. Morser, Juli-Goetz. “Formerly Censored Painting now belongs to SAM.” Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, June 17, 2015. Manitach, Amanda. “The Rebels Among Us.” City Arts, September 4, 2015. Demetre, Jim. “Rebel Rebel at SAM to Run through December 13.” Seattle Magazine, December 2015.

Credit LineGift of Matthew Offenbacher and Jennifer Nemhauser with funds from the 2013 Neddy Award in Painting

DimensionsOverall: 20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm)

MediumWatercolor on paper