El rapto, Juchitán, México (The Abduction, Juchitán, Mexico)

1986

Graciela Iturbide

Associated Names
Graciela Iturbide

Artist, Mexican, born 1942

The image shows a girl lying on a bed, with the upper half of her body visible. She is on her back with her right arm bent over her forehead and her left hand on her chest, holding a dark flower. She has medium-length dark hair, a headband, and wears a light-colored sleeveless garment with ruffles around the collar. Scattered dark flowers and small petals are around her on the bed. The background is a simple and plain wall.
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Provenance

The Collection of the Artist; (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Susan Steinhauser, Los Angeles, CA, August 2017; gift to NGA, 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right in black ink: Graciela Iturbide; on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: Graciela Iturbide El Rapto / Juchitan Oax 1986; by artist, bottom left in graphite: el rapto; by artist, bottom right in graphite: Graciela Iturbide; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: GCP 15490

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