CeramicClay

1981

6-1/4 in

3 in

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Cultural/Historical Context

All Mothers Are Daughters Kathe Mitchell Ceramic, 1981 In All Mothers Are Daughters artist Kathe Mitchell explores the place women hold within society, the family, and the maternal line. Mitchell’s diminutive work takes the form of a Victorian stand mirror with an arrangement of delicate pink flowers. Reflected in the mirror’s surface is the room in which the mirror presumably sits - an ornately decorated sitting room. In the room are the figures of two women, a mother and daughter. On the wall is an image of yet another woman, possibly the women’s mother and grandmother. Mitchell creates a visual record of three generations of women and speaks to the special connection that mothers and daughters share, passing maternal knowledge down through the generations.