Nuestra señora de las iguanas, Juchitán

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Artist Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, born 1942)Mexican, born 1942

CultureMexican

Titles

Nuestra señora de las iguanas, Juchitán
Our Lady of the Iguanas, Juchitán

Date1979

Place depictedJuchitán, Mexico

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 11 1/4 × 9 9/16 in. (28.5 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Rita Mallett Blasser Foundation

Object number2024.1546

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 208

Exposé

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionOne of the most influential photographers active in Latin America today, Iturbide captures everyday life and its cultures, rituals, and religions, while also raising questions about paradoxes and social injustice in Mexican society. Her photographs tell a visual story of Mexico since the late 1970s—a country in constant transition, defined by the coexistence of the historical and modern resulting from the culture’s rich amalgamation of cultures. For Iturbide, photography is a way of life and a way of seeing and understanding Mexico and its beauty, challenges, and contradictions.
ProvenanceThe artist; [RoseGallery, Santa Monica,California]; purchased by MFAH, 2025.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed in ink on recto in the lower right hand corner

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