Ana Mendieta

American, born Cuba (Havana, Cuba, 1948 - 1985, New York City, New York)

Imagen de Yagul, from the series Silueta Works in Mexico 1973-1977

1973
photograph | chromogenic print
Not currently on view in the museum
Imagen de Yagul, from the series Silueta Works in Mexico 1973-1977
20 in. x 13 3/8 in. (50.8 cm x 33.97 cm)
Acquired 1993
Collection SFMOMA
Purchase through a gift of Nancy and Steven Oliver
© Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York
93.220
Keywords

performance, women, flowers, graves, rocks, bodies, covered


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