Ciudad de México, México (Mexico City, Mexico)

1969

Graciela Iturbide

Associated Names
Graciela Iturbide

Artist, Mexican, born 1942

The image shows a woman from the waist up, seated at a table. She is leaning slightly forward, with one arm resting on the table and the other holding a small glass. Her hair is dark, styled in a voluminous updo, and her makeup is pronounced with dark eyeliner. She wears a sleeveless patterned dress with a floral design and large dangling earrings. The background features a large mural of a stylized skull with intricate depictions in the eye sockets, such as hospital beds and a gravestone marked with "R.I.P."
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Collection of the Artist; (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Susan Steinhauser, Los Angeles, CA, August 1996; gift to NGA, 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom left in graphite: Graciela Iturbide; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: Mexico D.F. 1972 138.5% OT493 / 14 Mexico / GCP 21156


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