About this artwork
“Now You Have Touched the Women” are lyrics from a South African protest song from the 1956 Anti-Pass Campaign. Pass laws severely restricted movement within the country for black, Indian, and Colored women seeking work or traveling for any reason. On August 9, 1956, twenty thousand women from across the country marched to the union buildings in the capital city, Pretoria, to petition Prime Minister J. G. Strijdom on the issue. Such significant displays of women’s defiance are recognized annually through South Africa’s National Women’s Day.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Judy Ann Seidman
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Title
- Now You Have Touched The Women…
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Place
- South Africa (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1981
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Medium
- Screenprint in dark and light green on cream wove paper
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Dimensions
- 61 × 43 cm (24 1/16 × 16 15/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Artworkers Retirement Society
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Reference Number
- 2018.465
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