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Artists Reimagining the Collection
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Zihuatanejo, México

1969

Graciela Iturbide

Associated Names

Graciela Iturbide

Artist, Mexican, born 1942

The image features a young girl leaning against a rough-textured wall. She has her right leg crossed over her left, her right hand on her hip, and her left arm hanging by her side. She wears a white cloth over her head, revealing sections of dark hair. She is in a light-colored sleeveless dress with a polka dot pattern and sandals. The background includes a tiled pathway, a rough plaster wall with patches and stains, and a wooden door with simple paneling.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Dimensions

image: 24.13 × 35.72 cm (9 1/2 × 14 1/16 in.)
sheet: 30.16 × 39.69 cm (11 7/8 × 15 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

2024.104.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Collection of the Artist; (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Susan Steinhauser, Los Angeles, CA, June 2004; gift to NGA, 2024.

Associated Names

Susan Steinhauser

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right in black ink: Graciela Iturbide; on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Graciela Iturbide

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