Jano, Ocumicho, México (Janus, Ocumicho, Mexico)

1981, printed 2012

Graciela Iturbide

Associated Names
Graciela Iturbide

Artist, Mexican, born 1942

The image displays a person standing with arms crossed in front of a textured wall. The person is wearing a mask with a dramatic expression, a tall pointed hat, a long-sleeved shirt with embroidered details, a patterned skirt with floral motifs, trousers, and sandals. They stand on a wooden platform in front of a rough plastered wall, with another horizontal piece of wood on the floor behind them.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser

  • Dimensions

    image: 45.4 × 30.16 cm (17 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 50.8 × 40.64 cm (20 × 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.104.105.36

  • 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 / Jano. Ocumichu. Mexico 1981-2012 / 6/10


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