Assorted Spray Paint Caps, 1970s-1990s, Formerly Owned by Lady Pink

Street art and graffiti hold cultural significance in the way they help artists express their individuality and critique political, cultural, social, and economic issues, as a subculture with a message. Caps, also known as nozzles, tips, and actuators, come in many sizes shapes, and colors and can produce a variety of desired line widths, spray effects, and overall output volume. Most spray paints include a spray nozzle or cap and it is typical for a graffiti artist to remove the stock cap and replace it with a more task- appropriate one. Using the wrong cap can result in shaky and undesired strokes, while using the right caps can give the artist sharp, crisp, and accurate lines as well as speed up larger tasks.

Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara, b. 1964), is an Ecuadorian-American graffiti and mural artist. Her career focused on using graffiti and murals as acts of rebellion, empowering women and self-expression. Lady Pink’s name was chosen for her aesthetics because the name “Pink” is feminine and she wanted other artists to know that she was a girl. She started calling herself Lady Pink because of her love of historical romances, England, the Victorian period, and the aristocracy. Lady Pink was nicknamed the "first lady of graffiti," because she was one of the first active women in the early 1980s New York City subway graffiti subculture.