Amalia Mesa-Bains

Cihuateotl with Hand Mirror from Venus Envy Chapter III: Cihuatlampa, the Place of the Giant Women

1997–2022

On view
Floor 6

Date
1997–2022

Classification
Installations

Medium
Rug, mirror, shells, glass beads, paint, Styrofoam, and sound

Dimensions
Overall: 49 × 126 × 151in. (124.5 × 320 × 383.5 cm)

Accession number
2025.14

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest, by exchange

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/67785



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