Kati Horna Mexican, 1912-2000
Subida a la Catedral, Barcelona, 1938; 1960
Silver gelatin print (photomontage)
9 x 6.6 in
22.9 x 16.8 cm
22.9 x 16.8 cm
Further images
As Dr. Salomon Grimberg notes, 'Horna's finest work, her portraits and Surrealist photographs, speak to the intuitive person she was. In 'Subida a la Catedral, Barcelona,' the right side of...
As Dr. Salomon Grimberg notes, "Horna's finest work, her portraits and Surrealist photographs, speak to the intuitive person she was. In "Subida a la Catedral, Barcelona," the right side of a young woman's sad face deceives the eye into believing her skin is built of bricks. In contrast, her eye, appearing imprisoned behind a barred window, silently watches the stairs as the faithful climb toward the cathedral. In one photomontage, Horna captured the fear on Barcelona's streets during the Spanish Civil War."
Provenance
Ana Maria Norah Horna y Fernandez by descent to Katy and Ivancho Polgovsky HornaExhibitions
The Photography Show, Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD), Ruiz-Healy Art, New York, NY, 2026Kati Horna: In Motion, Ruiz-Healy Art, New York, 2023
Kati Horna, Jeu De Paume, Paris, France, and Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico; curators: Angeles Alonso Espinosa and José Antonio Rodríguez, 2013 (catalogue)
Los sentidos de las cosas: El mundo de Kati y José Horna, Sala de colecciones especiales, Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City; curated by Claudia Barrón, Karen Cordero and Norah Horna, 2004 (catalogue)
Surrealismo entre Viejo y Nuevo Mundo, Centro atlántico de arte moderno, Gran Canaria, Spain; curator: Juan Manuel Bonet for Fundación Mapfre, 1990 (catalogue)
La Femme et le Surréalisme, Museé Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne, 1988 (catalogue)
Told and Untold: The Photo Stories of Kati Horna in the Illustrated Press, Americas Society, New York, 2016
Kati Horna, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey; curators: Ángeles Alonso Espinosa and José Antonio Rodríguez, 2015 (catalogue)
Literature
White, Katie. “Mexican Photographer Kati Horna Collaborated With the Biggest Surrealist Stars of Her Day. Why Don’t We Know Her Name?” Artnet News, May 5, 2023 (illustrated)“Kati Horna: In Motion.” Artishock, May 11, 2023 (illustrated)
Wyma, Chloe. “Kati Horna, Ruiz-Healy Art | New York,” Artforum, June 1, 2023, (illustrated).
Originally published in Spain Libre-Studio magazine. Its caption read La mujer española antes de la revolución, or “Spanish women before the revolution.”
Mejorada, Alicia Sánchez. “El legado de Kati Horna.” In Alebrije, Monstruo de Papel, suplemento de Artes de México, 2001.
De Leon, Christina L. “Told and Untold: The Photo Stories of Kati Horna in the Illustrated Press”. Americas Society, 2016.
Publications
Exhibition catalogue, Kati Horna, Jeu De Paume, Paris, France, and Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico; curators: Angeles Alonso Espinosa and José Antonio Rodríguez, 2013 p. 103 (illustrated).Exhibition catalogue, Los sentidos de las cosas: El mundo de Kati y José Horna, Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2003, p. 58 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Women Surrealists in Mexico, Tokyo, Bunkamura Museum of Art, 2003, p. 167, no. 114 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, El surrealismo entre viejo y nuevo mundo, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, 1989, p. 214 (illustrated).
E. Billetter & J. Pierre, La Femme et le Surréalisme, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, 1987, p. 212 (illustrated).
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