Untitled, from the Silueta series
- Title:
- Untitled, from the Silueta series
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Landscape and the Environment
- Creator:
- Mendieta, Ana
- Creation Date:
- 1980
- ID Number:
- 2005
- File Name:
- 2005.014.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Landscape photography
Art and Photography
Land art - Measurement:
- 152.4 x 118.1 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- A thick dark line shaped line describing an oval, open at the bottom, with a bulge on the right side, incised into ground and rock. Along the let side of the image are larger flat rocks. It's not clear if the image shape is on a standing face or cut into the ground.
- Notes:
- Large framed photograph from Mendieta's Silueta series.
- Cite As:
- Ana Mendieta (American, born Cuba, 1948–1985), Untitled, from the Silueta series, 1980. Gelatin silver print. Sheet: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm); frame: 60 x 46 1/2 in. (152.4 x 118.1 cm). Acquired through the Class of 1970 Contemporary Art Fund, 2005.014.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
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