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Los pescaditos, Sonora, México (The Little Fish, Sonora, Mexico)

c. 1978

Graciela Iturbide

Associated Names

Graciela Iturbide

Artist, Mexican, born 1942

The image shows many fish stacked closely together. The colors are in grayscale, displaying various shades of black, white, and gray that highlight the texture and skin patterns of the fish. The fish are arranged horizontally and vertically across the frame, with some overlapping each other, and visible heads and tails are oriented in various directions.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Dimensions

image: 21.59 × 31.43 cm (8 1/2 × 12 3/8 in.)
sheet: 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.)
Accession Number

2024.104.12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Collection of the Artist; (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Susan Steinhauser, Los Angeles, CA, August 1997; gift to NGA, 2024.

Associated Names

Susan Steinhauser

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right in black ink: Graciela Iturbide

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