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Ana Mendieta — Untitled (Silueta Series, Iowa)
Ana Mendieta

Untitled (Silueta Series, Iowa)

1976

"Untitled (Silueta Series, Iowa)" is a chromogenic print documenting one of Ana Mendieta's performance and body art works from her influential Silueta Series, created between 1973 and 1980. In this work, Mendieta's body or its trace is integrated into the natural landscape, reflecting her interest in exploring the relationship between the human form and the earth. The photograph captures the ephemeral nature of the performance while serving as the permanent artistic artifact, a strategy central to Mendieta's practice of using her own body as a vehicle for artistic expression.

Medium
chromogenic print

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Contemporary Curated

February 26, 2025

Estimate: $10,000$15,000

Lot 55

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Ana Mendieta, Untitled (Silueta Series, Iowa), 1976

"Untitled (Silueta Series, Iowa)" is a chromogenic print documenting one of Ana Mendieta's performance and body art works from her influential Silueta Series, created between 1973 and 1980. In this work, Mendieta's body or its trace is integrated into the natural landscape, reflecting her interest in exploring the relationship between the human form and the earth. The photograph captures the ephemeral nature of the performance while serving as the permanent artistic artifact, a strategy central to Mendieta's practice of using her own body as a vehicle for artistic expression.

Medium
chromogenic print
Year
1976
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Photography, Body, Performance Art, Earthwork, Conceptual, American, Photograph, Cuban-American Artist, Experimental, Body Art, Land Art, Melancholic, Chromogenic Print, Human silhouette, Cuban, Late 20th Century, Nature, Silueta, Nature intervention, Ephemeral, Black and White, Contemporary

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