Mantanza, La Mixteca, México (Slaughter, La Mixteca, Mexico)

1992, printed 2012

Graciela Iturbide

Associated Names
Graciela Iturbide

Artist, Mexican, born 1942

The image shows a large, rounded object being held up by a hand in the foreground. The color palette is grayscale, featuring various shades of black and white. In the background, there is a person wearing a hat, standing or walking at a distance, with trees and a hilly landscape visible further back. The hand is positioned at the top center, holding the object near the top of the frame, while the person occupies the lower third, slightly to the left of the center.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser

  • Dimensions

    image: 42.55 × 32.23 cm (16 3/4 × 12 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.8 × 40.64 cm (20 × 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.104.105.22

  • Portfolio Title

    Fifty Photographs

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

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Graciela Iturbide / La Mixteca. Oaxaca. Mexico 1992-2012 / 6/10

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