Volantín, Oaxaca, México

1976

Graciela Iturbide

Associated Names
Graciela Iturbide

Artist, Mexican, born 1942

The image shows a person in a detailed costume seated on a wooden platform. The person has distinct facial features and wears white makeup. They have a headpiece with feathers, a dark top, shorts, striped stockings, and pointed footwear. The setting has fabric panels forming a tent or shelter, with foliage in the background.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Collection of the Artist; (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Susan Steinhauser, Los Angeles, CA, March 2019; gift to NGA, 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom left in graphite: "Volantin" Oaxaca 1974; bottom right in graphite: Graciela Iturbide; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: GCP#9903


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