| Artist | Maya Lin |
|---|---|
| Year | 1993 |
| Metric unit | cm |
| Imperial unit | in |
The Women's Table is a 1993 sculpture by Maya Lin in front of Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University. Made of black stone carved with a spiral of numbers marking the enrollment of women in the university in a given year, the work is dedicated to the many women who had been underacknowledged presences at the university since the 19th century.[1] Lin, a graduate of Yale College, was commissioned to create the work in 1989, the twentieth anniversary of the admission of women to Yale College.[2] After the work had been installed and unveiled, visitors noticed that the inscription carved into the table erroneously called it the "Womens' Table," misplacing the apostrophe.[3] The error has since been fixed, although the patchwork remains visible.
References
- ^ Cotter, Holland (2009-05-07). "Where the Ocean Meets the Mountains". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331
- ^ "Study for "The Women's Table" Yale University Art Gallery". artgallery.yale.edu. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ^ "Sculpture’s Fountain Bubbles Over". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 1993-10-20. Retrieved 2025-10-31.