ID 1209369
Lot 11 | ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985)
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
Mendieta, A.
Guanaroca (Esculturas Rupestres) [First Woman (Rupestrian Sculptures)]
lifetime black-and-white photograph on Masonite
53 ¼ x 40 ¾ in. (135.3 x 103.5 cm.)
Executed in 1981. This work is number one from an edition of three plus two artist's proofs and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the Estate of Ana Mendieta.
Provenance
Estate of Ana Mendieta, New York
Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2004
Literature
G. Moure, Ana Mendieta, 1996, n. 79 p. 149 (another edition, illustrated).
B. Merz and O. Gambari, Ana Mendieta: She Got Love, 2013, n. 101, p. 185 (another edition, illustrated).
A. Lovatt, Ana Mendieta: La Tierra Habla, 2019, p. 53 (another edition, illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, A.I.R. Gallery, Ana Mendieta: Rupestrian Sculptures, 10 November-28 November 1981.
New York, Stellweg-Seguy Gallery, Soul Catchers, 27 November 1984-12 January 1985.
New York, The New Museum, Ana Mendieta: A Retrospective, 20 November 1987-24 January 1988, n. 55.
University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art, Personal Choice: Selections from Four Penn Alumni Collections – Carlos and Rosa de la Cruz, William and Phyllis Mack, Martin Z. Margulies, Ruth and Marvin Sackner, 14 May-18 July 1993.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 30 June 2004-1 January 2005; Washington, DC, Hirshhorn and Sculpture Garden, 14 October 2004-2 January 2005; Iowa, Des Moines Art Center, 25 February-22 May 2005; Miami Art Museum, 7 October 2005-15 January 2006, Ana Mendieta: Earth Body, Sculpture and Performance, 1972-1985, p. 192 (illustrated).
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Selections from the de la Cruz Collection, December 2009-November 2010.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Selections from the de la Cruz Collection, December 2010-November 2011.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Selections from the de la Cruz Collection, December 2011-October 2012.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Selections from the de la Cruz Collection, December 2012-October 2013.
London, Hayward Gallery, 24 September-15 December 2013; Austria, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, 29 March-6 July 2014, Ana Mendieta: Traces, p. 138 (illustrated).
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Beneath the Surface, December 2014-November 2015.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, You've Got to Know the Rules to Break Them, December 2015-November 2016.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Progressive Praxis, December 2016-November 2017.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Force and Form, December 2017-November 2018.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, More/Less, December 2018-November 2019.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, From Day to Day, December 2019-September 2020.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, A Possible Horizon, September 2020-November 2021.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, There Is Always One Direction, November 2021-November 2022.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Together, at the Same Time, November 2022-November 2023.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, House in Motion / New Perspectives, December 2023-March 2024.
| Artist: | Ana Mendieta (1948 - 1985) |
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| Artist: | Ana Mendieta (1948 - 1985) |
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