Mozambique
| Artist | Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, b. 1942) |
|---|---|
| Title | Mozambique |
| Date | 2012 |
| Medium | Photogravure |
| Dimensions | Image: 15 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (40.5 × 40.5 cm) Plate: 15 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (40.5 × 40.5 cm) Sheet (Edges are uneven): 24 5/8 × 22 1/4 in. (62.5 × 56.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Museum purchase with funds from the Clarence W. and Mildred Long Art Purchase Fund, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 2018.5 |
| This artwork is currently off display. You may be able to see this artwork by filling out an art viewing room request. | |
This black-and-white image with warm tones depicts the trunk and roots of a large tree with twine wrapped around it near the center of the image. A vessel with holes in it rests at the base of the tree to the left.
Widely considered one of the most influential Mexican photographers of the twentieth century, Graciela Iturbide captures intimate photographs of daily life in her homeland, as well as in places like India, Italy, and Africa. In 2006, Iturbide traveled to Mozambique, where she spent twelve days photographing communities affected by the AIDS crisis. She recorded the interconnectivity of the country’s people, landscapes, and objects (like this fishing line on a baobab tree, the first work by Iturbide in our collection). Although primarily utilitarian, the wrapping may also be a way of connecting to the spirits, according to a contemporary Mozambican photographer.
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"Mozambique | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2018.5