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Home>Women Artists in Our Collection

# Women Artists in Our Collection

Explore works by women artists spanning time, place, and media, ranging from 16th century portraitist Lavinia Fontana and 17th century Dutch still life painter Judith Leyster to 18th century American impressionist Mary Cassatt to modern art by Georgia O'Keeffe, Joan Mitchell, Faith Ringgold, Jenny Holzer, Carrie Mae Weems, Alma Thomas, Guerrilla Girls, and more.

On this page: Selected Works, Featured Stories, Artist Spotlights, Artle, Educator Resources, Exhibitions, and Events.

## Selected Works

Women Artists in Our Collection
Helen Frankenthaler, *Nature Abhors a Vacuum*, 1973, acrylic on canvas, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Audrey and David Mirvish, Toronto, Canada, 2004.129.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Julie Mehretu, Cole Rogers, *Entropia (review)*, 2004, color screenprint and lithograph on Arches 88 paper, Thomas G. Klarner Collection, Gift of Neal Turtell, 2018.24.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Katharina Fritsch, *Hahn / Cock*, 2013, painted glass fiber-reinforced polyester resin on stainless steel armature, Gift of the Glenstone Foundation in honor of the resilience of the American people during the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020.23.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Kara Walker, Greg Burnet, Burnet Editions Master Printers, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., *no world*, 2010, color etching, drypoint, and aquatint with sugarlift and spitbite on Hahnemühle Copperplate wove paper, Donald and Nancy de Laski Fund, 2015.42.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Luisa Roldán, *Virgin and Child*, c. 1680/1686, painted wood, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and William and Buffy Cafritz Family Sculpture Fund, 2022.39.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Marisol, *Untitled*, c. 1963/1968, mixed media, Gift of Adeline and Sidney R. Yates, 1999.3.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Judy Chicago, Tamarind Institute, *Through the Flower 1*, 1972, color lithograph on wove paper, Gift of June Wayne, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.205.93

Women Artists in Our Collection
Maya Lin, *Latitude New York City*, 2013, Vermont Darby marble, Gift of Louise and Leonard Riggio, 2013.163.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Judith Leyster, *Self-Portrait*, c. 1630, oil on canvas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1949.6.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Faith Ringgold, *The American People Series #18: The Flag is Bleeding*, 1967, oil on canvas, Gift of Glenstone Foundation and Patrons’ Permanent Fund, 2021.28.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Mary Cassatt, *Little Girl in a Blue Armchair*, 1878, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1983.1.18

Women Artists in Our Collection
Adrian Piper, Campbell Photo and Printing Service, Brody's Gallery, *Forget It*, 1991, color photo-offset lithograph on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase), 2015.19.3024

Women Artists in Our Collection
Georgia O'Keeffe, *Shell No. I*, 1928, oil on canvas, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, 1987.58.7

Women Artists in Our Collection
Elizabeth Catlett, J. K. Fine Art Editions Co., Joseph Kleineman, Maureen Turci, *Links Together*, 1996, lithograph on wove Arches paper, Purchased as the Gift of Art Information Volunteers in Honor of Dianne Stephens, 2021.63.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Magdalena Abakanowicz, *Puellae (Girls)*, 1992, bronze, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, 1998.148.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Alma Thomas, *Pansies in Washington*, 1969, acrylic on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Vincent Melzac), 2015.19.144

Women Artists in Our Collection
Mary Cassatt, *The Boating Party*, 1893/1894, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.94

Women Artists in Our Collection
Mary Lee Bendolph, *Blocks and Strips*, 2002, wool, cotton, and corduroy, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, 2020.28.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Cecilia Beaux, *Sita and Sarita*, c. 1921, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund), 2014.79.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Alison Saar, Jim "BJ" Hughes, Brandywine Workshop and Archives, *Black Snake Blues*, 1994, color offset lithograph on wove Arches paper, Gift of Funds from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, 2023.22.44

Women Artists in Our Collection
Joan Mitchell, *Salut Tom*, 1979, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Women's Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Museum Purchase with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts), 2014.136.135

Women Artists in Our Collection
Beatriz Milhazes, *Romantico americano*, 1998, oil on canvas, Gift of Tony Podesta Collection, Washington, DC, 2023.4.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Jenny Holzer, *Left Palm and Knife Edge 000417*, 2007, oil on linen, Gift of the Artist, 2010.78.3

Women Artists in Our Collection
Carrie Mae Weems, *May Flowers*, 2002, printed 2013, chromogenic print, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, 2014.3.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Lavinia Fontana, *Lucia Bonasoni Garzoni*, c. 1590, oil on canvas, Gift of Funds from Anonymous in memory of Montana Walker Strauss, and Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2022.38.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Chakaia Booker, *Egress*, c. 2000, rubber tires, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 2022.82.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Georgia Speller, *Gloria Jean with Her Old Man and Sally Brown, a Friend Lady*, 1987, transparent and opaque watercolor and acrylic with graphite on wove paper, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, 2020.28.24

Women Artists in Our Collection
Eva Gonzalès, *Nanny and Child*, 1877/1878, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Fund, 2006.72.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Rachel Whiteread, *Ghost*, 1990, plaster on steel frame, Gift of The Glenstone Foundation, 2004.121.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Margaret Burroughs, *Black Venus*, c. 1957, linocut, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation, 2008.115.29

Women Artists in Our Collection
Barbara Kruger, *Untitled (Know nothing, Believe anything, Forget everything)*, 1987/2014, digital print on vinyl, Gift of the Collectors Committee, Sharon and John D. Rockefeller IV, Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, Denise and Andrew Saul, Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund, Agnes Gund, and Michelle Smith, 2014.38.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Mary T. Smith, *Untitled*, 1987, paint on plywood, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, 2020.28.23

Women Artists in Our Collection
Beatrice Wood, *Lovers*, 1933, lithograph, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.5128

Women Artists in Our Collection
Betye Saar, *Twilight Awakening*, 1978, mixed media on printer's wood block, Gift of Francine Farr in honor of Dr. Samella Sanders Lewis, with gratitude to Scripps College, Claremont, California, 2015.27.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Clare Leighton, *Breadline, New York*, 1932, wood engraving in black on wove paper, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.3119

Women Artists in Our Collection
Gego, Tamarind Institute, *Suite 5X I*, 1966, lithograph (stone) in black on white Nacre paper, Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith, 1983.18.508

Women Artists in Our Collection
Anna Hyatt Huntington, *Yawning Tiger*, c. 1917, bronze, Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist), 2015.19.3666

Women Artists in Our Collection
Hung Liu, *Needlework*, 2004, lithograph in black on chine collé on Arches Cover White paper, Gift of Eric Denker in honor of Lynn P. Russell, Curator of Education, 2005.102.5.11

Women Artists in Our Collection
Julia Margaret Cameron, *The Mountain Nymph, Sweet Liberty*, June 1866, albumen print, New Century Fund, 1997.97.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Janine Antoni, *Lick and Lather*, 1993, complete set of fourteen busts: seven in chocolate and seven in soap on fourteen pedestals, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 2016.49.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Anonymous Artist, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, *Marie-Antoinette*, after 1783, oil on canvas, Timken Collection, 1960.6.41

Women Artists in Our Collection
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, *Adios Map*, 2021, mixed media on canvas, Gift of Funds from Glenstone Foundation, 2022.20.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Sonia Delaunay, *Composition*, 1950, color lithograph, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine, 1971.86.13

Women Artists in Our Collection
Kay WalkingStick, Robert Franklin, Brandywine Workshop and Archives, *The Onrush of Time*, 1990, color offset lithograph on three sheets of wove paper, Gift of Funds from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, 2023.22.52.a-c

Women Artists in Our Collection
Lee Bontecou, *Untitled*, 1962, welded iron, canvas, wire, and black paint, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 2004.44.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Mickalene Thomas, *Melody: Back*, 2011, diffusion transfer print (Polaroid), Charina Endowment Fund and Peter Edwards and Rose Gutfeld Fund, 2020.3.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Miriam Schapiro, *Anonymous was a Woman I*, 1977, softground etching in red-brown on Arches paper, Gift of the Artist, 1979.9.2

Women Artists in Our Collection
Kiki Smith, Craig Zammiello, John Lund, Jihong Shi, Douglas Volle, Bruce Wankel, Universal Limited Art Editions, *My Blue Lake*, 1995, color photogravure and lithograph inked à la poupée on En Tout Cas paper, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 2018.71.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Ming Smith, *Sun Ra Space II, New York, New York*, 1978, gelatin silver print, Charina Endowment Fund, 2017.42.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, *Eko Skyscraper*, 2019, acrylic and color pencil on panel, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation, 2022.2.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Käthe Kollwitz, *Pietà*, 1903, lithograph in brown and black on gray-green Bristol board, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.5273

Women Artists in Our Collection
Graciela Iturbide, *Procesión (Procession)*, 1984, printed 1990, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Kyle Roberts), 2015.19.4668.8

Women Artists in Our Collection
Anne Truitt, *Mid Day*, 1972, acrylic on wood, Gift of Harry and Margery Kahn, 1975.44.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Ruth Asawa, Tamarind Institute, *Desert Plant*, 1965, color lithograph on Rives Type IV paper, Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith, 1983.18.177

Women Artists in Our Collection
Guerrilla Girls, *Do Women Have to be Naked to get into the Met. Museum?*, 2004, color offset lithograph on wove paper, Gift of the Gallery Girls in support of the Guerrilla Girls, 2007.101.32

Women Artists in Our Collection
Ana Mendieta, *Untitled*, c. 1972, gelatin silver print, Glenstone in honor of Eileen and Michael Cohen, 2008.30.29

Women Artists in Our Collection
Alice Neel, *Hartley*, 1966, oil on canvas, Gift of Arthur M. Bullowa, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.143.2

Women Artists in Our Collection
Zanele Muholi, *Ntozakhe II, (Parktown)*, 2016, printed 2022, photographic wall mural from digital file, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, 2021.88.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Cindy Sherman, *Untitled #122*, 1983, chromogenic print, Gift of Robert B. Menschel, 2022.154.55

Women Artists in Our Collection
Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses, *A Fire in the Woods*, 1947, oil on board, Gift of Margaret P. Mallory in memory of Ala Story, 1999.81.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Lee Miller, *Work by Joseph Cornell*, 1933, gelatin silver print, Gift of Mary and David Robinson, 1995.35.20

Women Artists in Our Collection
Leonora Carrington, Erika Greenberg-Schneider, Natasha Lovelace, Hank Hine, Ray Puckett, David McDaniel, Mark Callen, Jill Lerner, Jennifer Melko, Robert Hanning, Graphicstudio, *The Memory Tower*, 1995, aquatint, direct gravure, and spitbite aquatint and hardground etching on Somerset Satin paper, Gift of Graphicstudio/University of South Florida, 2002.111.3

Women Artists in Our Collection
Vera Molnár, *Interruptions*, 1969, computer drawing in black ink on Benson plotter paper, Gift of the Artist, 2018.38.1

Women Artists in Our Collection
Hilary Pecis, *Flea Market*, 2021, acrylic on linen, Gift of George Frederick Mead Merck, 2021.56.1

## Featured Stories

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## Artist Spotlights

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## Play Artle: Can you guess the artist?

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This artist lived lived much of her adult life in France, where she befriended Edgar Degas and exhibited with the Impressionists.

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In 1874, this artist joined the "rejected" Impressionists in the first of their own exhibitions, which included Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, and others.

## Educator Resources (K–12)

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## Events

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April 28 – May 19
Chasing That Which Is Not Me / Chasing That Which Is Me
**The 73rd A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts**

Award-winning actress, playwright, and professor Anna Deavere Smith will explore performance as a way of knowing in this four-part series.

May 25
In Conversation
**Laura Huertas Millán and Zoe Leonard**

Join us for a screening and conversation between artists Laura Huertas Millán and Zoe Leonard about their practices, poetics, and strategies across photography and film. Exhibition curator Lynne Cooke will moderate.

May 31
Braided Histories
**Modernist Abstraction and Woven Textiles**

Join us for an afternoon of presentations and conversations in celebration of our exhibition *Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction*.

## Discover More Artists

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**Top image:** Helen Frankenthaler, *Nature Abhors a Vacuum*, 1973, acrylic on canvas, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Audrey and David Mirvish, Toronto, Canada, 2004.129.1

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