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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Saca La Lengua
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Held by the artist.

Saca La Lengua

Artist/Maker (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
    Not on view
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Marisol Escobar
    1976
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Tom Wesselmann
    1976
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    late 17th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Olmec
    ca. 1500-400 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Ejagham people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Berenice Abbott
    1936 (printed 1979)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Chryssa
    1963
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Lula people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Kongo people
    16th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Nariño-Carchi
    400-1532
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Ibibio people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Zapotec
    ca. 600-800