Judy Chicago's early work "Six Erotic Cookies (in 10 parts)" from 1967 is being offered for sale on Artsy. The piece consists of ten ceramic cookie forms with erotic imagery, created early in Chicago's career before her landmark feminist installation "The Dinner Party."
This work matters because it represents a formative moment in Judy Chicago's artistic development, showing her transition from minimalist sculpture to the explicitly feminist and bodily themes that would define her career. As a pioneering feminist artist, any early work by Chicago entering the market offers collectors and institutions a chance to acquire a piece of art history that contextualizes her later, more famous projects.