Original artwork description:

Advertising from the 1940-1960s thought they were helping women of all ages become the beauties there were expected to be. If you didn't try or succeed in luring a man it was probably your own doing. But can you keep your man? It was a full-time job to keep him happy and healthy and you were successful when you "know your place" in the world.

This beautifully framed work includes the face of a lightweight vintage TV giving it a weight of approximately 20 lbs (9 kilos).

Materials used:

Vintage TV, Acrylic paint, Plexiglass, Resin, Vintage breath mints tin

Tags:
#beauty #mcm #1950s #television #housewife 
Featured by our Editors:
Know Your Place (2020)
Collage
by Julie Lipa

£6,852.4 Alert

  • Collage on Panel / Board / MDF
  • One of a kind artwork
  • Size: 128.27 x 102.87 x 10.16cm (framed)
  • Framed and ready to hang
  • Signed on the back
  • Style: Collage
  • Subject: People and portraits
Original artwork description
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Advertising from the 1940-1960s thought they were helping women of all ages become the beauties there were expected to be. If you didn't try or succeed in luring a man it was probably your own doing. But can you keep your man? It was a full-time job to keep him happy and healthy and you were successful when you "know your place" in the world.

This beautifully framed work includes the face of a lightweight vintage TV giving it a weight of approximately 20 lbs (9 kilos).

Materials used:

Vintage TV, Acrylic paint, Plexiglass, Resin, Vintage breath mints tin

Tags:
#beauty #mcm #1950s #television #housewife 
Featured by our Editors:

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In the late 1980s, Detroit native Julie Lipa began repurposing elements of vintage TVs into the focal points of her 3D mid-century modern, mixed media works of art. Combining photo transfer collage, resined... Read more

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