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==In art==
Women baking lavash is a common theme that has inspired Armenian painters. One such portrait by the famous Soviet-era painter Minas Minassian is displayed at the [[National Gallery of Armenia|National Museum of Art]] in [[Yerevan]]. A print of the painting ''[[Armenian Ladies Baking Lavash]]'' by Armenian American artist [[Manuel Tolegian]] was selected by U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] to hang in the [[White House]] Bicentennial Collection. The weekend open-air arts-and-crafts market in downtown Yerevan offers many lavash-related paintings and handiworks, with renditions of happy women making lavash having become a common sight.<ref>{{cite book|author=Irina Petrosian, David Underwood|title=Armenian Food: Fact, Fiction & Folklore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0oXYX9Qzx9oC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|date=2006|publisher=Yerkir Publishing|isbn= 978-1-4116-9865-9|pages=26, 27|quote=Women baking ''lavash'' is a theme that has always inspired Armenian painters. One such portrait by the famous Soviet-era painter Minas Minassian is displayed at the National Museum of Art in Yerevan. A print of the painting "Armenian Ladies Baking Lavash" by Manuel Tolegian, an American artist of Armenian origin, was selected by US President Gerald Ford to hang in the White House Bicentennial Collection. The weekend open-air arts-and-crafts market in downtown Yerevan now offers countless ''lavash''-related paintings and handiworks. These many renditions of happy women making ''lavash'' have almost becomes a tired cliché.}}</ref>
==See also==
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