Yolanda M. López: Women’s Work is Never Done - Exhibition Object List

Yolanda M. López: Women’s Work is Never Done
Aug. 31-Nov. 12, 2023
Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco
Curated by Angelica Rodriguez and Rio Yañez

Exhibition Object List

Yolanda M. López
Mickie Franco
Watercolor on paper, 1959-1960

Yolanda M. López
Portrait of Margaret F. Stewart
Watercolor on paper, circa 1959

Yolanda M. López
Portrait of Sister
Ink on paper, circa 1960

Yolanda M. López
Poster for a Los Siete reunion
Xerox, circa 1980

Yolanda M. López
Studies for Free Los Siete (3 separate versions)
Mixed media on paper, circa 1969

Xerox print of López and friend at López’s MFA Opening, 1978

Digital reprint of photograph of López in Virgin of Guadalupe dress with René Yañez and nephew Oscar Yañez at López’s MFA Opening, 1978

Catalog for Yolanda M. Lopez Works: 1975-1978, University of California, San Diego, 1978

Virgin of Guadalupe dress, gold shoes, and purse worn by López for her MFA opening, 1978.

Yolanda M. López
Guadalupe: Woman Goddess
Pastel on paper, 1978

Yolanda M. López
Who’s the Illegal Alien, PILGRIM?
Ink and mixed media on paper, 1978

Yolanda M. López
My Mother
Acrylic on canvas, 1974

Yolanda M. López
Study for My Mother
Acrylic on paper, 1974

Yolanda M. López Works: 1975-1978 exhibition flier, 1978

Photographs of Margaret F. Stewart and Victoria Franco used as studies, 1974

Yolanda M. López
Grandmother, Virgin of Guadalupe sketch
Pencil on vellum, circa 1977

Yolanda M. López
Margaret F. Stewart
Pen on sketchbook page, 1976

Victoria and López, Xerox, circa 1979-1982

Connexions, An International Women’s Quarterly, Fall 1981, 
No. 3, featuring an article by López describing the Victoria Franco series and reproduced with her handwriting.

Flier announcing Tres Mujeres: Tres Generaciónes, Drawings by Yolanda M. López, Galeria Campesina, Fresno, 1976

Maize, Xicano art and literature notebooks, Volume 1, No. 4, Verano, 1978, with cover art featuring Madre Mestiza, a mixed media collage by López from the same year.

Junctures in Women’s Leadership: The Arts, Judith K. Bodsky and Ferris Olin, Rutgers University Press, 2018 featuring Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe, from the Guadalupe series, 1978. 

Frontiers: a journal of women studies, Volume XI, Number 1, 1990, Special Issue: Las Chicanas, with cover art featuring López’s Victoria Franco series.

Yolanda M. López
Mother and Daughter
Mixed media with acrylic on canvas, 1975

Yolanda M. López
Mother and Grandmother
Pen and ink on paper, 1975

Yolanda M. López
Victoria F. Franco series
Mixed media on paper, 1974

Yolanda M. López
Victoria F. Franco series
Mixed media on paper, 1974

Yolanda M. López
Coatlicue Collage
Mixed media with acrylic paint, circa 1978

Yolanda M. López
The Lazy Man’s Way to Riches
Mixed media on paper, 1974

Yolanda M. López
THY FEARFUL SYMMETRY
Mixed media on illustration board, 1977

Yolanda M. López
Stop the Carter Plan!, study for Who’s the Illegal Alien, PILGRIM?
Mixed media, circa 1978

Yolanda M. López
Illegal Alien or American Citizen: Is a Brown Skin a Criminal Act?, study for Who’s the Illegal Alien, PILGRIM?
Mixed media on paper, 1978

Yolanda M. López
Untitled (Collage featuring Virgin of Guadalupe and subjects)
Mixed media, 1977

Yolanda M. López
Untitled (Collage featuring Virgin of Guadalupe and subjects)
Mixed media, circa 1977

Yolanda M. López
Study for Virgin of Guadalupe series
Pen and colored marker on sketchbook page, circa 1979

Printed exhibition text written by López for ¿A Donde Vas, Chicana?, Malcom Love Library, San Diego State University, 1979 
Yolanda M. López

Untitled (Collage study for ¿A Donde Vas, Chicana?)
Xerox copy of original, circa 1977

Yolanda M. López
Study for ¿A Donde Vas, Chicana?
Ink on paper, 1977

Yolanda M. López
Selection from Runner’s Escape series (6 collages)
Mixed media, 1977

Yolanda M. López
From Las Santas Locas Xerox series (in Virgin of Guadalupe sun rays)
Xerox with stenciled spray paint, circa 1979-1982

Las Santas Locas Identification Group Shot
Xerox, 1979

Yolanda M. López
Process piece from Las Santas Locas Xerox series
Ink on transparent film, circa 1979-1982

Yolanda M. López
Selections from Life in the Mission series (5 black and white photographs) and Las Santas Locas series (7 black and white, 1 color photograph)
Gelatin silver print, 1979

Yolanda M. López
Studies from Las Santas Locas series (2)
Xerox, circa 1979-1982

Yolanda M. López
Xerox studies from Las Santas Locas series (2)
Xerox, circa 1979-1982

Yolanda M. López
Selections from Life in the Mission series (3)
Gelatin silver prints, 1979

Yolanda M. López
Proof sheets from Las Santas Locas series, 1979 (2)

Yolanda M. López
Selections Las Santas Locas series (5)
Gelatin silver prints, 1979

Yolanda M. López
Selections from Las Santas Locas series (3)
Photographic prints on metal, 1979

Yolanda M. López
The Most Powerful Hand, La Mano, Mas Poderosa poster for the XXIV Annual Conference of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies
Silkscreen print, 1997
(Printed by artist and printmaker Jos Sances)

Yolanda M. López
Homenaje a Dolores Huerta, from the Women’s Work is Never Done series
Silkscreen print, 1995

Yolanda M. López
From South Africa to North America, from the Women’s Work is Never Done series
Silkscreen print, 1996

Yolanda M. López
Your Vote Has Power, from the Women’s Work is Never Done series
Silkscreen print, 1997

Yolanda M. López
Jaguar Woman Warrior, from the Women’s Work is Never Done series
Silkscreen print, 1999

Yolanda M. López
In Solidarity with Women of Central America
Pen and ink on paper, 1985

Photographic studies for In Solidarity with Women of Central America, circa 1985

Yolanda M. López
Nike, from the Women’s Work is Never Done series, work in progress
Mixed media on paper, 1998

Yolanda M. López
The Nanny, from the Women’s Work is Never Done series
Mixed media installation, 1994

San Francisco Examiner, October 30, 1994
Article and reference photograph for Homenaje a Dolores Huerta, from the Women’s Work is Never Done series

Yolanda M. López
Sketch for Homenaje a Dolores Huerta, from the Women’s Work is Never Done series
Ink and pencil on paper, circa 1995

Process notes for From South Africa to North America, from the Women’s Work is Never Done series

Correspondence to the Amy Biehl Foundation from López requesting imagery and resources, 1995

Yolanda M. López
La Mano Mas Poderosa original illustrations
Pen and ink on paper, 1997

Yolanda M. López
Untitled editorial illustration
Ink, pencil and acrylic on vellum, 1983

Yolanda M. López
Viva la Misión
Acrylic on plexiglas, circa 1986

Pac-Man Halloween costume created by López for her son Rio Yañez, circa 1984

Baby Shower Announcement (January, 1980)

Photographs of Rio in the Pac-Man costume, 1984 (three photographs)

Rio and Yolanda on Xerox machine (December 13, 1980)

Rio with López, 1985, Polaroid by Rene Yañez

Holiday card with López, Rio, and René Yañez, 1985, photograph by Joe Ramos

Xerox of Calvin & Hobbes comic strip by Bill Waterson, reworked by López

Xerox reproduction of photograph of Yolanda and friend, 1979

Xerox reproduction of photograph of Yolanda in front of Christmas Tree, 1979

Yolanda M. López
Xerox studies of Rio Yañez, circa 1981

Xerox study, circa 1980 (??)

Fem. publicación feminsta, no. 34, June-July, Mexico City, 1984 featuring Yolanda M. López’s Walking Guadalupe study, 1978, on the cover. The issue featured Chicana writers.

Yolanda M. López
Virgin at the Crossroads, from the Guadalupe series
Mixed media on Xerox, 1981

Hands of Rio and Yolanda on Xerox machine, circa 1980

Rio on Xerox machine (November 18, 1980)

Yolanda M. López
Maternal Knolling
Xerox, 1980

Yolanda M. López
American Facsimile
Mixed media, 1997

Yolanda M. López
Journeys: Bertha Peters Mitchell (Mock-up for Journeys series for the San Francisco Art Commission’s Art in Transit program)
Mixed media collage, circa 1992

Yolanda M. López
Victoria F. Franco
Acrylic on canvas, 1993

Yolanda M. López
Mexican Bag series
Acrylic on canvas, 2003

Yolanda M. López
Mexican Bag series
Acrylic on canvas, 2003

Yolanda M. López
Mexican Bag series
Acrylic on canvas, 2003

Yolanda M. López
Floral study
Acrylic on cardstock, circa 2000s

Leathercraft, Cris H. Groneman with illustrations by Eleanor Nance, 1958,1963 published by Chas. A. Bennett Co. 

Yolanda M. López
Floral pattern process pieces
Ink on vellum, circa 2003

Yolanda M. López
Floral study
Acrylic on cardstock, circa 1990s

Yolanda M. López
Sketch for When you think of Yolanda Lopez flier
Pencil drawing on paper, 2001

When you think of Yolanda Lopez flier featuring Yolanda M. López as a visiting artist, (location unknown), 2001

López’s Mary Kay Cosmetics catalogs and sales deposit record, 1986-1987

López’s Art with Elders identification card

Yolanda M. López
Elephant Collage for Dr. Wong, work in progress
Mixed media on paper, 2010

A to-do list in López’s hand, circa 2020

Letter sent by López with the Pocket Poster series, 2021

Yolanda M. López
Pocket Poster series
Digital prints, circa 2018

Pocket Poster process notes and sketches, dated April 30, 2018

Altar:
In this altar to Yolanda López, created by co-curators Angelica Rodriguez and Rio Yañez, there are a mixture of traditional and contemporary offerings. Objects included are:

Photograph of López with her Uncle Mike (an enlargement from a photobooth strip taken in the early 1960s)

Statue of the Aztec goddess Coatlicue

Political pins, some designed by López

Traditional offerings present in the altar include López’s favorite snack (Fritos), medicine that was used to care for her in the final months of her life, sage, her pocket radio, and some of her tools as an artist.

At the base of the altar is López’s favorite hoodie, emblazoned with the words Women are Perfect, graphic designed by artist Jessica Sabogal

Photos in the altar depict López pregnant, López and René Yañez, comic book artist Spain Rodriguez, López’s Uncle Mike cutting hair in San Diego, López and her grandmother Victoria Franco in San Diego’s Chicano Park, and 
a childhood photo of her mother