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Remembering the Artist Behind Ms. Magazine’s First Cover

JL;DR SUMMARY Miriam Wosk, a notable illustrator and multimedia artist, left a significant mark with her feminist-focused artwork, most famously the cover art for the inaugural issue of Ms. Magazine in 1971, featuring a multi-armed, multi-tasking woman. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Breast CancerFeminist ArtLos Angeles Art SceneArtistic LegacyMs. MagazineMiriam WoskFashion IllustrationCollageFrank GehryVisual Gluttony

Places mentioned

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
"Romalis knew Wosk from their years growing up together in Vancouvers Jewish community in the 1950s and 1960s."
New York, United States
"The two women went on to be roommates in New York in 1967, while they were both attending design school."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Looking for a change, Wosk moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s and shifted her creative energies away from illustration and toward collage, print-making and painting."
Santa Monica, California, United States
"Later, Wosk moved to a large home in Santa Monica, where she had a warehouse-size, meticulously organized, light-filled studio in which to produce her large-scale, vibrant works."
Barcelona, Spain
"The floors, including the sweeping curved stairway, were covered with a riot of coloured tiles, designed by Wosk to resemble Antonio Gaudis famous tiled park in Barcelona."
Hawaii, United States
"Wosk, who battled her illness for five years and is now buried in Hawaii."

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