Untitled

Edelson’s process combines photographic gelatin‑silver prints with manual interventions: crayon scribbles, transferred lettering, and cut‑and‑taped paper fragments. The edges appear torn, echoing the rough aesthetic of magazine cutouts, while the juxtaposition of hand‑written and typed text creates a layered, tactile surface that blurs the boundaries between drawing, collage, and print.

The work was produced in the mid‑1970s, a period marked by feminist artistic experimentation. It entered the Museum of Modern Art’s collection, where it is catalogued as an untitled drawing, reflecting the institution’s interest in documenting the era’s critical approaches to gender and visual culture.

Part of a broader series in which Edelson re‑imagined iconic images by inserting her own likeness, this piece aligns with feminist interventions of the 1970s that sought to reclaim agency over female representation. The use of everyday printed material and typewriter text situates the work within the DIY aesthetic prevalent among activist artists of the time.