Kati Horna
Subida a la Catedral

Subida a la Catedral
Subida a la Catedral
Subida a la Catedral
ArtistMexican, born Hungary, 1912–2000
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Subida a la Catedral
Date1938
Place depictedBarcelona, Spain
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (24.1 × 17.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (24.1 × 17.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number91.1310
Not on view

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Description


Kati Horna moved to Barcelona in 1937 following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. She was part of a group of foreign nationals in anarchist political circles that supported Republican opposition to the Franco regime. Horna worked as a photographer and editor for the anarchist weekly publication Umbral, in which this photomontage of a woman’s face superimposed onto the side of a medieval cathedral was published in 1938 as part of a larger spread entitled “We are Fighting Until Death or Victory.” The picture was also published on its own in Libre-Studio with the caption “Spanish women before the revolution.”



Provenance[The Witkin Gallery, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper center: No 27 Photomontage // 1938 - Barcelona. // “Subida a Catedral”
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom right: Kati Horna
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom right: Kati Horna

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