Remedios Varo Wearing a Mask by Leonora Carrington

1957

Kati Horna

Associated Names
Kati Horna

Artist, Mexican, born Austria-Hungary, 1912 - 2000

This black-and-white photograph features a person from the chest up, facing us, with their eyes looking slightly upwards. They have pale skin, arched eyebrows, a straight nose, and dark lips in a neutral expression. The person's hair is mostly covered by a large headdress made of a stiff white material with dark lace detailing. They appear to be wearing a dark hood below the headdress, and their face is visible through a heart-shaped cutout. Below the headdress, they wear a light-colored garment that drapes down their torso. The background is composed of textured vertical panels or sheets.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.5 × 27.2 cm (10 7/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.9 × 28 cm (11 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.147.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kati Horna, Mexico; by descent to her granddaughter, Katy Polgovsky, Mexico City, 2000; NGA purchase (through Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc, New York), 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Kati Horna; center artist stamp in black ink


You may be interested in

Loading Results