id:			403015
accession number:	2020.263
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.263
updated:		2025-08-08 03:31:11.069000

Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece), 1976. Ana Mendieta (American, b. Cuba, 1948–1985). Super-8mm film transferred to high-definition digital media, color, silent, 2:23 minutes; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dorothea Wright Hamilton Fund 2020.263 © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece)
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creation date:			1976
creation date earliest:		1976
creation date latest:		1976
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creditline:			Dorothea Wright Hamilton Fund
copyright:			© The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America
technique:	Super-8mm film transferred to high-definition digital media, color, silent, 2:23 minutes
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Installation Media
type:		Time-based Media
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CREATORS

* Ana Mendieta (American, b. Cuba, 1948–1985) 

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edition of the work: 	Edition 5 of 6 with 3 APs

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Contemporary Installation
	opening date:   2021-04-12T04:00:00
	<i>Contemporary Installation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

	title:		Ana Mendieta: Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece)
	opening date:   2022-12-06T05:00:00
	<i>Ana Mendieta: Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 6, 2022-April 9, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Camnitzer, Luis. "Ana Mendieta." <em>Third Text</em>, 3, no. 7 (1989): 47-52.
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	Rauch, Heidi and Federico Suro. "Ana Mendieta's Primal Scream." <em>Américas</em> 44, no. 5 (Sept-Oct 1992): 44-48.
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	Best, Susan. "The serial spaces of Ana Mendieta." <em>Art History</em> 30, no.1 (2007): 57-82.
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	Lukkas, Lynn, Howard Oransky, and Ana Mendieta. <em>Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta</em>. Minneapolis, MN: Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota, in association with University of California Press, 2015.
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