Jan Henle
La Jíbarita II

La Jíbarita II

© Jan Henle

La Jíbarita II
La Jíbarita II
ArtistAmerican, born 1948
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • La Jíbarita II
Date1991–1992
MediumSilver dye bleach print
DimensionsImage: 27 7/8 × 29 1/8 in. (70.8 × 74 cm)
Sheet: 27 7/8 × 29 1/8 in. (70.8 × 74 cm)
Frame: 28 5/8 × 29 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (72.7 × 75.6 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Pierre Apraxine
Object number2021.582
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

The waves of burnt red loam in Jan Henle’s La Jíbarita II appear as though they could have been photographed on Mars but are in fact the result of painstaking modification to an acre of land located in western Puerto Rico. Henle created this temporary earthwork near his home with extensive assistance from local men who removed trees and vegetation and turned the ground’s surface with hoes to reveal the red clay soil below. Unlike Earth artists working in the 1970s, who considered the altered site to be the final work of art, Henle’s abstracted, horizonless photographs are where the “art” ultimately resides.


ProvenancePierre Apraxine, New York; given to MFAH, 2021.

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