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Carl Andre and Ana Mendieta , (Carl: 1935, Ana: 1948–Ana, 1985)

Pietre/Foglie

1984
13 5/8 in. x 10 1/8 in. (34.61 cm x 25.72 cm)

Medium and Support: Bound volume of lithographs

Credit Line: Gift of Carl Andre (PA 1953)

Accession Number: 1985.47.1-25

Commentary

Gallery label from In Tandem: Inspirations and Collaborations

Carl Andre and Ana Mendieta met in the late 1970s, soon after Mendieta arrived in New York, introduced by artist Nancy Spero. Radically different in terms of both personality and artistic practice—she intensely visceral, he strictly methodical—the two were immediately attracted to one another. Having received a prestigious American Academy residency, in 1983 Mendieta moved to Rome, where the imagery for Pietre/Foglie was made and the portfolio was published by Edizione R. R. Bulla. Rome, which Mendieta described as a cross between her native Cuba and New York, held special sentimental value for the couple, as they were married there in January 1985. Only months after their wedding, which coincided with the presentation of Pietre/Foglie portfolio at AAM Gallery in Rome, Mendieta’s tragic (and controversial) death ended their tumultuous creative and romantic partnership.

Kelley Tialiou
Charles H. Sawyer Curatorial Assistant | Librarian | Archivist

Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Contemporary American Prints from the Addison Collection Addison Gallery of American Art , 4/23/1994 - 7/31/1994
Stone, Wood, Metal, Mesh: Prints and Printmaking Addison Gallery of American Art , 1/19/2013 - 3/17/2013
In Tandem: Inspirations and Collaborations Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/12/2015 - 1/3/2016
Women and Abstraction: 1741- Now Addison Gallery of American Art , 1/28/2023 - 7/31/2023

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