Silueta Works in Iowa (documenting earth/body works)
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![Ne humanis rationibus divina opera curiosius excutiamus sed ex operibus manuducti admiremur artificem. (Let us not investigate God’s works inquisitively using human reasoning; but, guided by the works, let us admire instead the artist.) Cervellum nobis frangunt gridando Cicadae: Vexat mastinos Musca tavana canes. (The cicadas shatter our brains with their chirping; a horsefly can harass blood-hounds [on the fly].), part III, plate 9, from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"](/internal/media/dispatcher/3042/thumbnail)
Silueta Works in Iowa (documenting earth/body works)
Maker
Ana Mendieta
(b. 1948, Havana, Cuba – d. 1985, New York, New York)
Date1976-78
GeographyIowa, United States, North and Central America
MediumChromogenic color print
Dimensionssheet: 20 in. x 15 15/16 in. (50.8 cm x 40.5 cm)
ClassificationPHOTOGRAPHS
Credit LineGift of the estate of the artist, a.k.a. Ana Mendieta, Inc.
Object number1998.4
Status
Not on viewRightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
possibly Jacob HoefnagelTheodor de Bry (and possibly workshop)after Joris Hoefnagel
published 1592
