Cañeros

1998

David M. Spear

Associated Names
David M. Spear

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows eight men standing in a sugarcane field during harvesting. They are lined up facing the camera. The men appear to be wearing work clothes, some with hats. Two men are holding machetes. The field is full of tall sugarcane stalks with cut stalks on the ground. The sky is overcast.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 41.1 × 53.9 cm (16 3/16 × 21 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 50.5 × 60.7 cm (19 7/8 × 23 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.134

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David M. Spear, Madison, NC; Paine Webber & Co., New York, 11 January 2000; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Cañeros / I made this image north of Vera Cruz Mexico. / It was about 103 degrees that day and these men were cutting sugarcane. / David M. Spear / © 1999 / This image was made in 1998 / For John Szarkowski Paine Webber Collection; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: PW 7253

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