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BARBARA NESSIM

  • SELECTED WORKS
    • 1960's–1990's Posters
    • 1970's Womangirls
    • 1976–1978 Genetic Synthesis
    • 1984 Computer Heads
    • 1985–1988 Digital Drawings
    • 1987 Polaroid Flags
    • 1987–1995 Picture in Picture
    • 1991 RAM Flags
    • 2003 Black Truths White Lies
    • 2003 Love Letters
    • 2009 The Model Project
    • 2019 Soles / Souls
    • 2020 The Wo/Men in My Life
    • Selected Illustrations
    • V&A Collection
  • SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
    • 2024 RCM Galerie
    • 2023 Derek Eller Gallery
    • 2021 Malin Gallery
    • 2017 The PHI Center
    • 2017 Little Big Man Gallery
    • 2015 Bard Graduate Center
    • 2013 Victoria & Albert Museum
  • PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS
    • EVENTI
    • CENTRIA
    • 600 WASHINGTON
  • EDITIONS & PUBLICATIONS
    • Barbara Nessim: An Artful Life
    • Limited Edition Red 1975 Sketchbooks
    • Limited Edition Published Sketchbooks
  • ABOUT
  • PRESS
  • CONTACT

© Barbara Nessim 2025

Womangirls (Selected Works)

1970 – 1979

Various sizes

Pen and ink and watercolor on paper

Nessim created this comprehensive series of drawings during the 1970’s questioning when a woman can be referred to as a girl and when it is appropriate to be called a young woman and then a woman. Below are selected works from this series.

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View fullsize Res, White and Blue on Her Toes
View fullsize Ellen with Floating Hands
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View fullsize Finger Signals From Afar
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View fullsize Yellow and Purple Clouds are Opposite
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View fullsize Womangirl with Braids
View fullsize Womangirl Holding Three Balls in Each Hand
View fullsize Womangirl Twisting with Green and Purple Ribbon
View fullsize Womangirl with Turquoise and Purple Panty
View fullsize Womangirl with Matching Boots
View fullsize Womangirl with Disconnected Hands Floating on Ribbon
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