Lourdes Grobet
Irma González y su hija Irma Aguilar, vestidores de la Arena Neza

Irma González y su hija Irma Aguilar, vestidores de la Arena Neza
Irma González y su hija Irma Aguilar, vestidores de la Arena Neza
Irma González y su hija Irma Aguilar, vestidores de la Arena Neza
ArtistMexican, 1940–2022
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Irma González y su hija Irma Aguilar, vestidores de la Arena Neza
  • Irma González and her daughter, Irma Aguilar in Arena Neza's dressing rooms
  • from the series La Doble Lucha
Date1981
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.4 × 24.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Esther Parada
Object number2006.417
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

"I was interested in lucha libre [Mexican wrestling] since I was a little girl," Lourdes Grobet recalled. Yet, she was not allowed to attend the matches: "The problem was that I was a girl." Grobet finally attended as an adult with her camera, but found new resistance to her presence: "The organizers were annoyed with me at first, because they had never had a woman photographer doing what I was doing." Focusing her camera on female wrestlers, Grobet highlighted the double standards that women pursuing many professions face. She said, "I was taking photographs of cultural paradigms."


ProvenanceEsther Parada, Saxtons River, Vermont; given to MFAH, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso upper left:
"[signature?] "La Doble Lucha" / No - 28 / b/w / 19 mm x 24 cms. / Las Irmas en su camerino"
Marked in pencil on verso upper right: "28"
Marked in pencil on verso upper left: "Lourdes Grobet"

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