Audrey Resting in Her Corner

Inscriptions

Signed and inscribed, on reverse, bottom edge, in graphite: Audrey resting in her Corner 3/5 Delilah Montoya 2006 PD

Label

Montoya’s image highlights the complex relationships between female sport, masculinity, and the female body. The ring ropes and low angle draw the viewers’ eyes straight to the female boxer in a mid-bout debriefing with her coach. A “ring girl” in heels walks prominently in the foreground, further framing the boxer while also drawing attention to the female photographer watching the fight. Montoya simultaneously confirms and confronts gender stereotypes through this complex composition, highlighting the subversive act of the female boxer taking on a “man’s sport” as well as the female photographer in the company of the hypersexualized “ring girl.” 

From the 2025 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 123, Elegantly Violent: Exploring Masculinity and Gender Expectations within Women’s Sports, curated by Josephine (Josie) Harrison ’25, Mellon Special Project Intern

Provenance

Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, Texas; sold to present collection, 2024.

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