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Novia muerte, Chalma, México (Death Bride, Chalma, Mexico)

1990

Graciela Iturbide

Associated Names

Graciela Iturbide

Artist, Mexican, born 1942

The image shows a person standing against a rough stone wall. The person is holding out a sheer veil with their left hand. Their face is a skull mask with black eye sockets and teeth, and fake hair. They wear a white dress with floral embellishments and a floral headpiece. In their right hand, they hold a bouquet of artificial flowers. The background is a textured stone wall, with grass patches on the ground.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Dimensions

image: 44.45 × 32.39 cm (17 1/2 × 12 3/4 in.)
sheet: 49.85 × 40.64 cm (19 5/8 × 16 in.)
Accession Number

2024.104.48

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

Susan Steinhauser

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right in black ink: Graciela Iturbide; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: GCP28634

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