Graciela Iturbide Mexican, b. 1942
El Baño de Frida (Frida's Bathroom) Coyoacán, México, 2005
Silver Gelatin Print
Printed by the artist at a later date
Printed by the artist at a later date
8 x 10"
20.3 x 25.4 cm
20.3 x 25.4 cm
In this intimate self-portrait, Iturbide puts herself in Kahlo’s place—showing her own suffering feet after a recent operation, pressed up against the end of Kahlo’s bathtub, below the two handles...
In this intimate self-portrait, Iturbide puts herself in Kahlo’s place—showing her own suffering feet after a recent operation, pressed up against the end of Kahlo’s bathtub, below the two handles and faucet. The photograph evokes one of Kahlo’s famous paintings, What the Water Gave Me (Lo que el agua me dio, 1938), in which her two manicured feet rest against the end of a tub as surreal images float on the surface of the bathwater.
Provenance
Printed by the artist at a later dateExhibitions
2018, Graciela Iturbide: Cuando Habla La Luz, Palacio de Iturbide, Ciudad de México; curator: Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera (catalogue)
2016, Graciela Iturbide: A Lens to See, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX (catalogue)
Publications
Iturbide, Graciela. Graciela Iturbide, Madrid: Fundación Mapfre, 2009, p. 22, 81 (illustrated)
Westerbeck, Colin and Gunilla Knape. Graciela Iturbide: The Hasselblad Award 2008. Göttingen: Steidl/Hasselblad Foundation, 2008, p. 108 (illustrated)
Baranda, María. Graciela Iturbide: A Lens to See. San Antonio, TX: Ruiz-Healy Art, 2016, p. 42 (illustrated)
Iturbide, Graciela. Graciela Iturbide: Cuando Habla La Luz. Mexico City: Editorial RM, 2017, p. 244 (illustrated)