FAMILY


In this group, "family" can be understood in a variety of ways. On the one hand, are works that represent the experience of homosexuality in the nuclear, or biological, family. Other works allude to the groups of friends known among many gay men and lesbians as their "chosen family" (often a crucial substitute for a real family that has disowned them). Finally, we have included under this title works that indicate the larger sense of kinship and belonging that has coalesced around the gay and lesbian communities as a whole.
Charles LeDray
The Men in the Family , 1993
Fabric, leather, brass, buttons
Dimensions variable
Lent by John Parker

David Dashiell
Studies for Queer Mysteries , 1992
Graphite on paper
2 drawings: 31,1/2x84" each
Gift of the Peter Norton Family Foundation

Carrie Moyer
I Don't Have a Name for this Yet , 1994
Acrylic on paper
15x22,1/2"
Courtesy of the artist

An Oral Herstory of Lesbianism, not dated, Announcement (design by Bia Lowe), Lent by Moira Roth

Life in Hell, 1986, Comic strip from Matt Groening The Big Book of Hell, Matt Groening Productions, Inc., 1990, Private collection

Mattachine Society of New York, Homosexuals are different..., 1966, Poster Lent by the New York Public Library

Harmony Hammond, United States, born 1944, Presences III, 1972, Acrylic and cloth, 68 x 22", Courtesy of the artist

Harmony Hammond, United States, born 1944, Presences V, 1972, Acrylic and cloth, 78 x 28 x 18", Courtesy of the artist

Betye Saar, United States, born 1926, Bittersweet, about 1974, Mixed media, 14-3/4 x 10 x 2-1/2", Lent by Monique Knowlton

Village People, Village People, 1977, Album cover, Private collection

Charles Demuth, United States, 1883-1935, Sailors Urinating, 1930, Watercolor, 8-1/2 x 9-1/4", Private Collection

Tom of Finland, Cover illustration for Physique Pictorial, Volume XIX, #1, 'Zine, Private collection

Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, United States, born 1943, Empress of Art, c. 1969, The Mirror of Youth, c. 1969, Drag Queen Shouldering the Dawn, c. 1969, Drag Queen Hooker with Baby Doll, c. 1969, Ballerina, c. 1969, Untitled (Alexis De Lago), c. 1969, Cinderella (But he said he would call), c.1969, Untitled, c. 1969, Rats, c. 1969, Mixed media, Dimesions variable, Courtesy of the artist

McDermott and McGough, (McDermott) United States, born 1952, (McGough) United States, born 1958, A Friend of Dorothy, 1943, 1986, Oil on canvas, 96 x 72", Lent by Robert and Jane Rosenblum

Kate Delos, United States, born 1945, Athilikarserikia, 1994, Oil on canvas, 14 x 14", Courtesy of the artist

Kate Delos, United States, born 1945, Goeteia, 1994, Oil on canvas, 18 x 14", Courtesy of the artist

Kate Delos, United States, born 1945, Korifea, 1994, Oil on canvas, 14 x 14", Courtesy of the artist

Kate Delos, United States, born 1945, Thumos, 1994, Oil on canvas, 14 x 14", Courtesy of the artist

Lesbian Concentrate: A lesbianthology of songs and poems, 1977, Album cover and liner notes, Private collection

Jack Smith, United States, 1928-1989, Beautiful Book, 1962, Book with 19 black and white photographs, 9 x 7-1/2", Purchase made possible by a bequest from Therese Bonney, Class of 1916, 1992.29

Suzanne Lacy, United States, born 1945, One Woman Shows, 1976-1994, Mixed media documentation, Dimensions variable, Lent by the artist

Vincent Fecteau, United States, 1969, Chorus, 1994, Paper collage, 32 x 5-1/4", Courtesy of the artist

General Idea, Canada, 1968-1994, Baby Makes 3, 1984-89, Lacquer on vinyl, 78-3/4 x 63", Lent by General Idea

Mattachine Society of New York One, October 1954, Magazine, Lent by the New York Public Library

J.D.'s, edited by G.B. Jones and Bruce La Bruce, No. 5, 1982, 'Zine, Private collection

Tantrum, Spring 1993, 'Zine ("Live the Fantasy of Gay" by Tyler-Bob), Private collection

Gay Liberation, 1970, Poster (graphic design by Sue Negrin, photograph by Peter Hujar, mandala by Suzanne Bevier), Lent by the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College

Homocore, No. 5, December 1990, 'Zine (cover photograph by Daniel Nicoletta), Private Collection

We're here, we're queer, we're fabulous, not dated, Button, Private collection

Raw Vulva, No. 2, May 1993, 'Zine, Private collection

The Goldenrods, Lesbian Nation & I Can't Reach You, 1993, 45 rpm record cover, Private collection

Fizeek Art Quarterly, No. 8, about 1963, 'Zine (cover illustration by Rod Crowther), Private collection

Straight to Hell: The Manhattan Review of Unnatural Acts, No. 53, 'Zine (cover photograph by Christopher Makos), Private collection

Sisterhood is blooming. Springtime will never be the same, 1972, Poster (design by Women's Graphics Collective), Lent by the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College

Bikini Kill, Tribe 8, Lucy Stoners, 7 Year Bitch, There's a Dyke in the Pit, not dated, 45 rpm record cover, Private collection

Scream Box, No. 1, November 1990, Zine, Private collection

Daughters of Bilitis, The Ladder, Volume 1, No. 8, May 1957, Magazine, Lent by the San Francisco Public Library, Gay and Lesbian Center

Lynda Benglis, United States, born 1941, The Amazing Bow Wow, 1976, Videotape, 32 minutes, Museum Purchase



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