Graciela Iturbide Mexican, b. 1942
White Fence, East Los Ángeles (Rosario, Lisa, and friends), 1986
Silver Gelatin Print
11 x 14 in
27.9 x 35.6 cm
27.9 x 35.6 cm
Rosario, Lisa, and company pose for a photograph in front of a mural on what is now César Chávez Avenue. The mural features life-sized characters of barrio residents and the...
Rosario, Lisa, and company pose for a photograph in front of a mural on what is now César Chávez Avenue. The mural features life-sized characters of barrio residents and the Los Angeles skyline. The group stands alongside the figures in the mural, facing the camera. With their free hands, they each form a W, F, or 1. In "White Fence Revisited," Alfonso Morales Carillo observes: “In the portraits Graciela took of Lisa, Rosario, and company, the living models and pictorial characters seem to be participating in a peer reunion. This mural, along with one other, was painted by David A. Lopez. Accompanying the murals was a poem by Dr. Sam Zepeda, which was dedicated to a young man who had fallen victim to gang violence. It reads “Hermano / y porque estoy aquí en la tierra / sin sangrar / sin andar / Hermano por qué?” Which translates to “Brother / and why am I here on earth / not bleeding / not moving / Brother, why?”
Provenance
Graciela Iturbide's StudioExhibitions
Graciela Iturbide: Las Californias, Ruiz Healy Art, New York, NY, 2025 (catalogue)Publications
Exhibition catalogue, Romo, Ricardo, PhD., Graciela Iturbide: Las Californias. New York: Ruiz Healy Art, 2025 (illustrated)Iturbide, Graciela and Alfonso Morales Carrillo. White Fence. Barcelona | Mexico City: Editorial RM, 2024, p. 39 (illustrated)
