Ana MendietaUntitled (Silueta Series, Mexico) 1976

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Artist
Ana Mendieta (1948‑1985)
Title
Untitled (Silueta Series, Mexico)
Date 1976
MediumPhotograph, colour on paper
Dimensionsframe: 398 x 310 x 32 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Presented by the American Patrons of Tate, courtesy of the Latin American Acquisitions Committee 2010
Reference
T13356
Not on display

Summary

This is a colour photograph looking into an alcove set in the wall of a building. A human figure made of interwoven twigs is fixed in the centre of the alcove. It appears to hang against the stone and plaster wall at the back of the alcove, with its arms upraised and its feet disappearing into nothing. Delicate and stylised, the figure has a swollen belly and the suggestion of the curves of a breast and a buttock, as though it is female and twisted slightly towards its right… (read more)

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On paper, unique (48,609)

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1970-9 (5,588)