![Cueva del Aguila [Eagle's Cave], from the Rupestrian Sculptures Series](/internal/media/dispatcher/11303/preview)
![Cueva del Aguila [Eagle's Cave], from the Rupestrian Sculptures Series](/internal/media/dispatcher/11303/full)
Cueva del Aguila [Eagle's Cave], from the Rupestrian Sculptures Series
Primary
Ana Mendieta
(Havana, Cuba, 1948–New York, New York, 1985)
NationalityCuban, North America
Date1981/1983
MediumPhoto-etching on chine collé
DimensionsSheet: 9 15/16 × 7 1/16 in. (25.2 × 18 cm)
Additional Dimension: 3 13/16 × 5 5/16 in. (9.7 × 13.5 cm)
Additional Dimension: 3 13/16 × 5 5/16 in. (9.7 × 13.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase through the generosity of The Judith Rothschild Foundation and the Michener Acquisitions Fund, 1999.63
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1999.63
On View
Not on viewThe Rupestrian Sculptures Series records a group of wall carvings Mendieta made in remote caves during her first trip back to her homeland. Mendieta’s simple but vital images depict goddess-figures from the mythology of the Taínos, the native inhabitants of the island. An essential theme in all of her work is the relationship between the female body and the earth, both timeless sources of life.
Exhibitions
![Iyare [Mother], from the Rupestrian Sculptures Series](/internal/media/dispatcher/11335/thumbnail)
![Atabey [Mother of the Waters], from the Rupestrian Sculptures Series](/internal/media/dispatcher/11292/thumbnail)
![Guanbancex [Goddess of the Wind], from the Rupestrian Sculptures Series](/internal/media/dispatcher/11313/thumbnail)
![Itiba Cahubaba II [Old Mother Blood], from the Rupestrian Sculptures Series](/internal/media/dispatcher/11324/thumbnail)
![Sin título [Untitled]](/internal/media/dispatcher/12374/thumbnail)
