Pájaros en el poste, Guanajuato, México (Birds on the Post, Guanajuato, Mexico)

1990, printed 2001

Graciela Iturbide

Associated Names
Graciela Iturbide

Artist, Mexican, born 1942

This is a photograph of a large flock of birds in flight over a wooden utility pole. The birds fill the sky, appearing as small silhouettes against a light sky. The wooden utility pole is a vertical element with cross-arms and electrical lines. The birds intersect with the lines, showing synchronized movement.
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Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in graphite: Graciela Iturbide; lower left: 9/10; on verso, bottom left embossed: AQUARELLE ARCHES; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: GCP#9702

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