Some Living American Women Artists (collage)

Some Living American Women Artists also referred to as Some Living American Women Artists/Last Supper is a collage by American artist Mary Beth Edelson[1] created during the second wave feminist movement.[2] The central portion is an image based on Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th-century mural Last Supper. Edelson replaced the faces of Christ's disciples with cut-out photographs of American women artists. She surrounded the central image with additional photographs of American women artists. The work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.[1]

Some Living American Women Artists
Artist	Mary Beth Edelson
Year	1972
Medium	Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints with crayon and transfer type on printed paper with typewriting on cut-and-taped paper
Dimensions	71.8 cm × 109.2 cm (28 1/4 in × 43 in)
Location	Museum of Modern Art

Edelson intended the collage to "identify and commemorate women artists, who were getting little recognition at the time, by presenting them as the grand subject - while spoofing the patriarchy for cutting women out of positions of power and authority."[3]

A lithograph edition of 50 prints was subsequently created. A numbered print is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[4]