Vendora de zacate, Oaxaca, México (Sponge Vendor, Oaxaca, Mexico)

1974, printed 2012

Graciela Iturbide

Associated Names
Graciela Iturbide

Artist, Mexican, born 1942

The image shows a person standing against a corrugated metal door. The individual has a cloth covering their hair, a plain short-sleeved shirt, a long white skirt, and sandals. They are carrying a bundle of white fibrous material on their back and holding a tuft of the material in their left hand, with a cloth or textile item in their right hand. The background includes a wall with black writing or graffiti.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser

  • Dimensions

    image: 45.72 × 30.8 cm (18 × 12 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 50.8 × 40.64 cm (20 × 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.104.105.48

  • 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 / Vendora de zacate. Oaxaca Mexico 1974-2012 / 6/10

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