El Botéllon (The Bottle)

1962

Kati Horna

Associated Names
Kati Horna

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

The image displays a large glass jar with a blurred reflection of a person inside. The color scheme is monochromatic with black, white, and gray shades. The jar is in the center on a flat surface, surrounded by textured walls and a framed picture on the upper left.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Scott Nathan and Laura DeBonis Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 25.1 × 20.2 cm (9 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.147.3

  • Series Title

    Paraisos Artificiales, Ciudad de México (Artificial Paradises, Mexico City)

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 left in graphite: Kati Horna; by artist, top right in graphite: 18939 / 19939; upper center: Electropura / [illegible]; upper right circled: 7

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