| Variant title |
Mini-broadside text: Women and elephants never forget |
| Variant title |
Mini-broadside text: Women & elephants never forget |
| Abstract |
"The print features a quote by writer, poet, screenwriter, and satirist Dorothy Parker (1893-1967). Known for her acerbic wit, Parker was also an avowed and active anti-fascist. She co-founded the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League in 1936, and served as a fundraising leader for the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee. During the Red Scare of the 1950s, she was branded a communist and subsequently black-listed by Hollywood, which severely limited her work opportunities. She willed her entire estate and intellectual property rights to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which then passed to the NAACP upon his death. The NAACP still benefits from her work today, and continues to honor her legacy.."--Dead feminists series website |
| General note | Title from Dead feminists website, viewed May 23, 2022 (http://www.deadfeminists.com/other-artwork/the-elephant-in-the- room/) |
| General note | "Unofficial" member of our [Dead Feminists] series"--Dead feminists website. |
| General note | Approximated 175 prints in series, not signed or numbered--Dead feminists website. |
| General note | "The mini-broadside was letterpress-printed from wood and metal type handset on jaunty curves and angles by Jessica (using Daredevil Furniture, printers' tools of Jessica's own invention!), and a linoleum block illustration of an elephant hand-carved by Chandler." |
| With note | Bound with: Dead feminists postcards Trees of life - Signed, sealed, soapbox Liberté, egalité, sororité - Weave the people Hope song |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Rare Artist's Books sheet purchased from Anagram Press, 10/19/21 |
| Genre/form | Letterpress printing. |
| Genre/form | Broadside format (Printing) Washington (State) Tacoma 21st century. |
