© Graciela Iturbide
Mujer Angel, Sonora Desert
Artist
Graciela Iturbide
(Mexiko, född 1942)
Alternate Title
- Female Angel
- Kvinnlig ängel
Date1979
MediumGelatinsilverfotografi
DimensionsBildmått: 40,5 × 56,7 cm
Pappersmått: 50,2 × 60,2 cm
Passepartout: 60 × 80 cm
ClassificationPhotography
Credit LinePurchase 2002
Countries
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 01:7
Object NumberMOM/2002/241
About the artworkGraciela Iturbide discovered photography in the early 1970s, working as an assistant to the celebrated Mexican photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002). She was influenced by his poetic style but soon developed her own visual language. She is best known for her photographic projects in small rural communities. In 1978, when Iturbide was asked to portray the Seri people, a formerly nomadic indigenous people living in the Sonoran Desert, she spent months with the local people. Her unerring sense of capturing the decisive moment, when the subject emerges from the stream of reality, has resulted in a number of iconic images. Mujer Angel depicts a woman in traditional Seri clothing moving along a mountain path in the desert. With the wind in her hair, she soars through her own timeless world, while the boom box in her hand anchors her in modern times.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad "Graciela Iturbide" i tusch på fotografiets framsida. Selected exhibition history Den underjordiska himlen. Surrealism i Moderna Museets samling Moderna Museet, Stockholm Åter till verkligheten (2009) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Surrealism, samlingen (den 19 oktober 2024 - den 18 januari 2026) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Åter till verkligen : Fotografi ur Moderna Museets samlingÅter till verkligheten: fotografi ur Moderna Museets samling : [Moderna Museet 9 maj - 20 sep 2009]
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad "Graciela Iturbide" i tusch på fotografiets framsida. Selected exhibition history Den underjordiska himlen. Surrealism i Moderna Museets samling Moderna Museet, Stockholm Åter till verkligheten (2009) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Surrealism, samlingen (den 19 oktober 2024 - den 18 januari 2026) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Åter till verkligen : Fotografi ur Moderna Museets samlingÅter till verkligheten: fotografi ur Moderna Museets samling : [Moderna Museet 9 maj - 20 sep 2009]