In a statement that accompanied her thesis submission, she acknowledged Duchamp's famous Rose Sélavy and L.H.O.O.Q. as the sources of her work, and also cited her deliberate exploration of the ability of facial hair to convey power and suggest gender.
Julia P. Herzberg
Ana Mendieta - Earth Body, Olga M. Viso, Hirshhorn Museum and Smithsonian Institution, Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2004
Rose Sélavy
