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Ana Mendieta

1948–1985

WA-00001367

Mixed MediaVideo ArtPerformance ArtNew Media

Representation

None documented

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90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ463639

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Ana Mendieta | Tate Modern

Tate

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Ana Mendieta: Back to the Source

Marian Goodman Gallery

Field Verification (5 fields)

2 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Death yearWikidata + Gallery Generic· 92%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Marian-Goodmanhttps://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/ana-mendieta
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/ana-mendieta
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3924
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

Video Art

Medium

Mixed Media

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (32)

Untitled

1984 · Pencil on leaf

5 1/4 × 2" (13.3 × 5.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1984 · Incised leaf

6 x 3 1/2" (15.2 x 8.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nile Born

1984 · Sand and binder on wood

2 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 61 1/2" (7 x 48.9 x 156.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled [First Woman]

1983 · Photo-etching on cream chine, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 13.3 × 9.3 cm (5 1/4 × 3 11/16 in.); Plate: 13.5 × 9.5 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.); Primary support: 13.1 × 9 cm (5 3/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Secondary support: 25.5 × 18.2 cm (10 1/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Old Mother Blood

1983 · Photo-etching on cream chine, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 14.1 × 9.3 cm (5 9/16 × 3 11/16 in.); Plate: 14.3 × 9.3 cm (5 11/16 × 3 11/16 in.); Primary support: 14.1 × 9.2 cm (5 9/16 × 3 5/8 in.); Secondary support: 25.2 × 18.2 cm (9 15/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Box for Rupestrian Images

1983 · Box

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1983 · Photo-etching on cream chine, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 9.5 × 13 cm (3 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 9.1 × 13.5 cm (3 5/8 × 5 3/8 in.); Primary support: 9.2 × 13.3 cm (3 5/8 × 5 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 25.4 × 18 cm (10 × 7 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Our Menstruation

1983 · Photo-etching on cream chine, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 13.2 × 10 cm (5 1/4 × 3 15/16 in.); Plate: 13.3 × 10 cm (5 1/4 × 3 15/16 in.); Primary support: 13.3 × 10 cm (5 1/4 × 3 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 25.6 × 18 cm (10 1/8 × 7 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mother

1983 · Photo-etching on cream chine, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 9.8 × 13 cm (3 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 10 × 13.1 cm (3 15/16 × 5 3/16 in.); Primary support: 9.8 × 12.9 cm (3 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 25.4 × 18.1 cm (10 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [Goddess of Wind]

1983 · Photo-etching on cream chine, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 9 × 13.4 cm (3 9/16 × 5 5/16 in.); Plate: 9 × 13.2 cm (3 9/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Primary support: 9 × 13.1 cm (3 9/16 × 5 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 25.5 × 18 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jaruco Caves

1983 · Photo-etching on cream chine, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 9.5 × 13.2 cm (3 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Plate: 9.5 × 13.2 cm (3 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Primary support: 9.4 × 13.5 cm (3 3/4 × 5 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 25.4 × 18.1 cm (10 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mother of the Waters

1983 · Photo-etching on cream chine, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 13.3 × 9.1 cm (5 1/4 × 3 5/8 in.); Plate: 13.6 × 9.2 cm (5 3/8 × 3 5/8 in.); Primary support: 13.4 × 9.1 cm (5 5/16 × 3 5/8 in.); Secondary support: 25.5 × 18.1 cm (10 1/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goddess of Wind

1983 · Photo-etching on cream chine, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 9.4 × 13.3 cm (3 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Plate: 9.2 × 13.1 cm (3 5/8 × 5 3/16 in.); Primary support: 9.4 × 13.3 cm (3 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 25.5 × 18 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

First Woman

1983 · Photo-etching on cream chine, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 13.4 × 9 cm (5 5/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Plate: 13.3 × 9 cm (5 1/4 × 3 9/16 in.); Primary support: 13.4 × 9 cm (5 5/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Secondary support: 25.5 × 18 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1983 · Ink on paper

13 x 8 1/4" (33 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1983 · Ink on paper

12 1/2 x 9 1/2" (31.8 x 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1983 · Gelatin silver print

25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled (Amategram)

1982 · Acrylic on amate bark paper

15 7/8 x 11 7/8" (40.3 x 30.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled (Esculturas Rupestres) [Rupestrian Sculptures]

1981 · Chromogenic print

Sheet: 40 × 55 in. (101.6 × 139.7 cm) Mount: 40 × 55 × 1/8 in. (101.6 × 139.7 × 0.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled (Amategram)

1981 · Acrylic paint on amate (Mexican bark paper)

42 × 30.5 cm (16 9/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ochún

1981 · Single-channel video (transferred from 3⁄4-inch U-Matic videotape), color, sound, 8 min. 17 sec.

Art Institute of Chicago

Birth (Gunpowder Works)

1981 · Gelatin silver print

7 3/16 × 9 1/2" (18.3 × 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Amategram Series – Mother Jungle

1981 · Black acrylic paint on bark paper

24 1/4 × 16 1/8 in. (61.6 × 41 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Amategram Series – Labyrinth of Venus

1981 · Black opaque watercolor and black acrylic paint on Mexican bark paper (amate)

16 9/16 × 12 1/8 in. (42.1 × 30.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

32 published of 53 catalogued · 47 with image

Art Institute Chicago
14 published14 img
MoMA
10 publishedof 31 catalogued31 img
The Met
5 published
Tate
2 published2 img
Whitney
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Untitled (Self-Portrait with Blood)
1973 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled (Blood and Feathers #2)
1974 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Wikipedia

Relationships

Movements3

Video Art Performance Art New Media

Collections9

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Christie's Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

Marian Goodman Gallery

Represented by

Marian Goodman Gallery

Current

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

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Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

University of Iowa

Master of Fine Arts, intermedia · 1977

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Solo Exhibition Ana Mendieta: Back to the Source

Exhibition Ana Mendieta | Tate Modern