El Fantasma (Ghost)

1944

Antonio Reynoso

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Antonio Reynoso

Artist, Mexican, 1919 - 1996

This is a photograph of a rustic doorway adorned with a hanging cloth. The image presents an aged stone doorway typical of a historic or rural setting. The stone blocks framing the entrance are weathered. Draped across the doorway is a large, light-colored cloth, hanging from a line. Inside the enclosure, there is a sack positioned at the base and a birdcage partially visible near the top. The textured wall surrounding the door is marked and weathered.
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Antonio Reynoso, Mexico; Gabriel Figueroa (1907-1997), Mexico City, 1940s; by descent to his son, Gabriel Figueroa Flores (born 1952), Mexico City, 1997; NGA purchase (through Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York), 2020.

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