El sacrificio, La Mixteca, México (The Sacrifice, La Mixteca, Mexico)

1992, printed 2012

Graciela Iturbide

Associated Names
Graciela Iturbide

Artist, Mexican, born 1942

This is a photograph of a person holding a skinned goat carcass. The image captures the lower half of a person standing in a stream of water. In their hands, they hold the small skinned carcass of a goat, with one hand gripping its hind legs and the other holding a knife near its head. In the background, there are more people at the river, with additional details of rocks and flowing water completing the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser

  • Dimensions

    image: 45.72 × 30.48 cm (18 × 12 in.)
    sheet: 50.8 × 40.64 cm (20 × 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.104.105.24

  • 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 / El sacrificio. La Mixteca, Oaxaca. Mexico 1992-2012 / 6/10

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