Rostro con Peces, Shipibo Conibo, Pucallpa, Peru (Face with Fish, Shipibo Conibo, Pucallpa, Peru)

1996

Javier Silva Meinel

Associated Names
Javier Silva Meinel

Artist, Peruvian, born 1949

The image shows an elderly woman's face, captured from the shoulders up. She is directly facing the camera, with a prominent nose, high cheekbones, and a gently closed mouth. Her face shows facial lines and wrinkles, indicating her age. She has long, straight, dark hair falling around her shoulders, with a blunt cut and fringe across the forehead. She wears a garment with a round neckline and decorative stripes near the edge. Small fish cover her eyes, placed like glasses. The background is a plain, out-of-focus backdrop with a soft texture.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.2 × 34.6 cm (13 7/16 × 13 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 50.48 × 40.64 cm (19 7/8 × 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.5227

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Betsy Karel, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2010; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2011

  • Recent Photography Acquisitions, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 14 – August 28, 2011

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Javier Silva Meinel; bottom left: ROSTRO CON PECES, SHIPIBO CONIBO, PUCALLPA PERU 1996; bottom center: 5/20; by unknown hand, top right: 36676-C; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, vertical along bottom right corner: 2010.014.037

Wikidata ID

Q64155610

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