Saca La Lengua
Artist/Maker
Marisol Escobar
(United States (born France), 1930-2016)
Date1972
Mediumoffset lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 41 1/8 x 29 1/4 in. (104.5 x 74.3 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Bruce and Evelyn Langlieb Greer
Terms
Object number80.0092
DescriptionThis image is universally recognized as a rude gesture of defiance or belligerence. Isolated and enlarged, the sexually ambiguous mouth can be interpreted as a tongue-out-of, rather than in-cheek, reference to the blatancy of advertising billboards. We can speculate that the mouth is the artist's own, as Marisol is known to have made a number of provocative works around this time based on her own body.On View
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