Fragmentary Figurine of a Mother Goddess Holding a Child
November 30, 0550
Fragmentary Figurine of a Mother Goddess Holding a Child, 650 BC-550 BC, molded terracotta, Bowdoin College Museum of Art. At a time where childbirth imposed…
Read moreVirgin and Child
December 15, 1340
Unknown Artist, Fragmentary Figurine of a Mother Goddess Holding a Child, 650 BC-550 BC, molded terracotta, Bowdoin College Museum of Art. In this medieval fruitwood…
Read moreVirgin and Child with the Infant Baptist
January 1, 1550
Studio of Bronzino, Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist, n.d., 30 3/8 x 23 3/4 in., oil on wood (poplar), Bowdoin College Museum of…
Read morePortrait of a Woman in Red
November 30, 1561
Marcus Gheeraerts II, Portrait of a Woman in Red, 1561–1636, 45 x 35 in., oil paint on oak, Tate Collection. The female portrait has frequently…
Read moreSelf Portrait at Sixth Wedding Anniversary
November 30, 1906
Paula Modersohn-Becker, Self-Portrait at Sixth Wedding Anniversary, 1906, 40.1 x 27.6 in., tempera on canvas, Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum Bremen. Taking cues from innovators such as…
Read moreUntitled (Pregnant woman shooting up)
December 1, 1971
Larry Clark, Untitled (pregnant woman shooting up), 1963-1971, gelatin silver print, Bowdoin College Museum of Art. “Once the needle goes in it never comes out”…
Read moreGive Back the Birth to the Mother
December 17, 1982
Ken Heyman, “Give back the birth to the mother” – a midwife at Madison Ave Clinic, New York City, 1982, 16 x 20 in., photograph,…
Read moreJanet
August 14, 1985
Louis Stettner, Janet (Pregnant Nude), 1985, 16 x 20 in., gelatin silver print on paper, Bowdoin College Museum of Art Louis Stettner’s Janet depicts his…
Read moreDemi Moore (Pregnant with second child)
December 1, 1991
Annie Leibovitz, Demi Moore, 1991, photograph, Cover of Vanity Fair. Despite its fame through mass publication in an August 1991 issue of Vanity Fair, the…
Read moreSecond Portrait with Max
November 30, 1996
Anne Harris, Second Portrait with Max, ca. 1996-1997, 46 1/8 x 30 in., oil on canvas, Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Five years after Demi…
Read moreCarnival II
November 30, 2000
Nancy Spero, Carnival II, 2000, 95 ¼ x 19 in., mixed media/print, Bowdoin College Museum of Art. An integral component of the 1970s Feminist Movement,…
Read moreUntitled (pregnant woman)
June 30, 2002
Cindy Sherman, Untitled (pregnant woman), 2002-2004, 29 x 20 in., C-Print, Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Cindy Sherman photographs self-portraits in which she embodies stereotypes…
Read moreAngel No. 2
December 17, 2004
Xiuwen Cui, Angel No. 2, 2004, photograph on paper, Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Twelve identical clones of a pregnant, teenage girl line up in…
Read moreBeyonce and Twins
February 1, 2017
Awol Erizku, Beyoncé and Twins, 2017, photograph, Instagram. With over 11 million likes, this image of Beyoncé pregnant with twins was the most liked photograph…
Read moreAnalagous Colors
June 15, 2020
Titus Kaphar, Analogous Colors, 2020, oil on canvas, TIME. Kaphar’s Analogous Colors was a part of his 2020 exhibition “From a Tropical Space”. The intent…
Read more