Mar de Ternura (Sea of Tenderness)

c. 1945

Lola Alvarez Bravo

Associated Names
Lola Álvarez Bravo

Artist, Mexican, 1903 - 1993

Two people are shown from behind and above, with their upper bodies visible. They are sitting or crouching on a rocky area. One person is holding an open umbrella over both of them. The person on the left has short hair and is wearing a light-colored shirt with rolled-up sleeves. The other person on the right is wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a long-sleeved shirt. The ground beneath and around them appears sandy with rocks and patches of vegetation. The background is mostly a sandy or dusty expanse.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Lennon and Ramon Osuna, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Osuna Gallery, Washington, DC), 1983; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right below image on mount in graphite: Lola Alvarez Bravo; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right, along edge of mount: 1983.114.2

Wikidata ID

Q64157543

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