Untitled (Historia de un Vampiro: Sucedió en Coyoacán en 1962)
1962
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 35 × 25.3 cm (13 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.) mount: 35 × 27.7 cm (13 3/4 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2021.36.2
Art Historical Context
Kati Horna's *Untitled (Historia de uniro: Sucedió en Coyoacán en 2)*, a 1962 gelatin silver, captures a moment of enigmatic narrative through its evocative title, suggesting a vampire's tale unfolding in Mexico City's bohemian neighborhood of Coyoacán. This district, home to artists like Frida Kah and Diego Rivera, was hub for creative experimentation in mid-20th-century Mexico, blending indigenous culture with European surrealism. Horna, a photographer immersed in these circles after emigrating from Europe, likely drew on the area's mythic aura to craft this intriguing image. Printed in gel...