Untitled

1977–1978

Ana Mendieta

Artist, American, born Cuba, 1948 - 1985

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.8 x 49.5 cm (13 5/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 40.5 x 50.7 cm (15 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2007.2.2

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Estate of Ana Mendieta; (Galerie Lelong, New York); NGA purchase, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2025

  • The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Bibliography

2002

  • Fischer, Peter, ed. Ana Mendieta: Body Tracks. Lucerne: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 2002.

2004

  • Viso, Olga. Ana Mendieta: Earth Body, Sculpture and Performance, 1972-1985. Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in association with Hatje Cantz, 2004.

Inscriptions

on verso, lower left, stamped in black ink: Ana Mendieta [signature] / Raquel Mendieta [signature] [illegible signature]; Administratix of the Estate; across lower center, on tape affixed to paper, in black ink: Estate # ??

Markings

on verso, estate stamp, lower left in black ink

Wikidata ID

Q64073907


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