Kati Horna Mexican, 1912-2000
Mujer con máscara, from the series Mujer y máscara, 1961
Vintage gelatin silver print
9.5 x 7.75 in
24.1 x 19.7 cm
24.1 x 19.7 cm
The 'Mujer y máscara' photo series was shot for an issue of Anita Brenner’s 'Mexico This Month' magazine, which Horna contributed to from 1958-1965. Both this series and 'Una noche...
The "Mujer y máscara" photo series was shot for an issue of Anita Brenner’s "Mexico This Month" magazine, which Horna contributed to from 1958-1965. Both this series and "Una noche en el sanatorio de muñecas" were created for the magazine but were never published. The mask in "Mujer y máscara" was made by English painter Leonora Carrington, who depicted mythical, animal-like figures frequently in her paintings as well.
Provenance
Ana Maria Norah Horna y Fernandez by descent to Katy and Ivancho Polgovsky HornaExhibitions
Kati Horna: In Motion, Ruiz-Healy Art, New York, 2023Kati Horna, Jeu De Paume, Paris, France and Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico; curators: Angeles Alonso Espinosa and José Antonio Rodríguez (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)Flores, Sergio, ed. Kati Horna, Paris: Jeu de Paume, 2013, p. 180 (illustrated).
Mejorada, Alicia Sánchez. “El legado de Kati Horna.” In Alebrije, Monstruo de Papel, suplemento de Artes de México, 2001.
