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Hielo, Ciudad de México, México (Ice, Mexico City, Mexico)

2005, printed 2012

Graciela Iturbide

Associated Names

Graciela Iturbide

Artist, Mexican, born 1942

Large blocks of ice are on a tricycle cart, with metal tongs on the ice. The image is in black and white. The cart is central with the ice lengthwise, tongs in the center. Bicycle wheels are on the sides, and a person's foot is visible in the lower right.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Dimensions

image: 36.67 × 36.83 cm (14 7/16 × 14 1/2 in.)
sheet: 50.8 × 40.64 cm (20 × 16 in.)
Accession Number

2024.104.105.12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Collection of the Artist; (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Susan Steinhauser, Los Angeles, CA, March 2013; gift to NGA, 2024.

Associated Names

Susan Steinhauser

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Graciela Iturbide / Hielo. Ciudad de Mexico. 2005-2012 / 6/10

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