ID 1336422
Lot 859 | ANA MENDIETA (1948-1985)
Estimate value
$ 12 000 – 18 000
Untitled: Silueta Series (Iowa); Untitled: Ixchell Series (Iowa); Árbol de la Vida (Tree of Life; Iowa) [Three Works]
(i) Untitled: Silueta Series (Iowa)
stamped with the artist's signature and signed by the Administratix of The Estate 'Raquel Mendieta Harrington' (on the reverse)
chromogenic print
image: 20 x 13 ¼ in. (50.8 x 33.7 cm.)
sheet: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Executed in 1976-1977 and printed by the Estate in 1991. This work is number eighteen from an edition of twenty and has been authenticated by the Estate of Ana Mendieta.
(ii) Untitled: Ixchell Series (Iowa)
stamped with the artist's signature and signed by the Administratix of The Estate 'Raquel Mendieta Harrington' (on the reverse)
chromogenic print
image: 20 x 13 ¼ in. (50.8 x 33.7 cm.)
sheet: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Executed in 1976-1977 and printed by the Estate in 1991. This work is number eighteen from an edition of twenty and has been authenticated by the Estate of Ana Mendieta.
(iii) Árbol de la Vida (Tree of Life; Iowa)
stamped with the artist's signature and signed by the Administratix of The Estate 'Raquel Mendieta Harrington' (on the reverse)
chromogenic print
image: 13 ¼ x 20 in. (33.7 x 50.8 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Executed in 1976-1977 and printed by the Estate in 1991. This work is number fifteen from an edition of twenty and has been authenticated by the Estate of Ana Mendieta.
Provenance
Galerie Lelong, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994
Exhibited
(i) Untitled: Silueta Series (Iowa)
New York, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Ana Mendieta: A Retrospective, November 1987-January 1988, p. 54 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
New York, Galerie Lelong, Ana Mendieta: The "Silueta" Series 1973-1980, December 1991-January 1992, pp. 27 and 34 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Des Moines Art Center and Miami Art Museum, Ana Mendieta: Earth, Body, Sculpture and Performance, 1972-85, July 2004-January 2006, p. 66 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Ana Mendieta: She Got Love, January-June 2013, pp. 159 and 214, no. 54 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
London, Hayward Gallery and Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Ana Mendieta: Traces, September 2013-July 2014, pp. 112-113 and 235 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
New York, Galerie Lelong & Co. and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Ana Mendieta: Search for Origin, June 2023-May 2024, pp. 88 and 211 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
(ii) Untitled: Ixchell Series (Iowa)
New York, Galerie Lelong & Co. and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Ana Mendieta: Search for Origin, June 2023-May 2024, pp. 89 and 211 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
(iii) Árbol de la Vida (Tree of Life; Iowa)
New York, Galerie Lelong, Ana Mendieta: The "Silueta" Series 1973-1980, December 1991-January 1992, pp. 25 and 34 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
Artist: | Ana Mendieta (1948 - 1985) |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Auction house category: | Photography |
Artist: | Ana Mendieta (1948 - 1985) |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Auction house category: | Photography |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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