Bowdoin College Museum of Art | - Magnolia con espejo

Preview image of work. gelatin silver print on paper, Magnolia con espejo | Magnolia with mirror, Juchitán 43240

2021.14.3

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Magnolia con espejo | Magnolia with mirror, Juchitán

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Artist

Graciela Iturbide (Mexico City, Mexico, 5/16/1942 - )

Title

Magnolia con espejo | Magnolia with mirror, Juchitán

Creation Date

1986

Century

late 20th century

Dimensions

16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.8 cm)

Classification

Photographs

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Credit Line

Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund

Copyright

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Accession Number

2021.14.3

These two photographs (“Mujer ángel / Angel Woman, Sonoran Desert” and “Magnolia con espejo | Magnolia with mirror, Juchitán”) suggest Graciela Iturbide’s interest in depicting the everyday lives of Mexican women and her nation’s native peoples. Working on commission for the National Indigenous Institute of Mexico, Iturbide created Mujer angel during an extended residence with the Seri, an indigenous group that live not far from the Mexican/American border. The photograph shows a Seri woman traveling by foot to a remote cave where indigenous wall paintings reside. A sudden gust of wind lifts her dress wide, and she appears like an angel flying through the landscape. Iturbide created Magnolia con espejo during time spent in the small town of Juchitan near Oaxaca with the Zapotec, a matriarchal society in which women have traditionally taken a lead role in many aspects of society. It figures a non-binary person dressed in a dress and peering into a mirror.