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Identification and Creation

Object Number
55.1993
People
Ana Mendieta, American (Havana, Cuba 1948 - 1985 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (silueta grass mound burnt with a cast iron hand, Iowa)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1978
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/286851

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
actual: 27.8 x 35.4 cm (10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Ane Mendieta/Raquel Mendieta (?)
  • inscription: signatures in facsimile; estate stamp in black on verso

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private collector, Arlington, MA, purchase from Galerie Lelong, Long Term Loan at Harvard University Art Museums, 1993.
Galerie Lelong, New York, New York, received object from artist's estate, sale to private collector.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
lifetime print

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in honor of Elizabeth Mansfield
Copyright
© The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC / Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co. / Licensed by ARS, New York.
Object Number
55.1993
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ana Mendieta: The "Silueta" Series, 1973-1980, exh. cat., Galerie Lelong & Co. (New York, NY, 1991), 15

Exhibition History

  • Power, Pleasure, Pain: Contemporary Women Artists and the Female Body, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/19/1994 - 06/12/1994
  • 32Q: 1120 Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/08/2024 - 10/07/2024
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/22/2022 - 05/08/2022

Verification Level

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