Ana Mendieta

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Description

Ana Mendieta
Esculturas Rupestres (Portfolio of 10 Photo-etchings)
each sheet is embossed with an Estate stamp, titled and numbered 17/20 on the reverse; signed and numbered on the colophon by Raquel Mendieta, Administratrix of the Estate of Ana Mendieta
photo-etchings on paper, in 10 parts in original artist's clothbound box
each: 10 by 7 1/4 in. 25.4 by 18.4 cm.
Executed in 1981, this portfolio was printed in 1993 by Galerie Lelong in accordance with the artist's original directions, and is number 17 from an edition of 20, with 3 artist proofs.

Provenance

Galerie Lelong, New York
Private Collection, New York

Literature

Bonnie Clearwater, Ana Mendieta, A Book of Works, Miami, 1993, p. 70, illustrated

Catalogue Note

Comprised of 10 photo-etchings printed from photographs taken by Ana Mendieta outside of Havana, Cuba. The sets were printed by Liliana Porter in New York, 1993.