Rebecca, New Mexico

1931

Paul Strand

Associated Names
Paul Strand

Artist, American, 1890 - 1976

The image shows an upper body portrait of a person leaning against a rough-textured wooden column. The person is positioned slightly turned, with their head tilted back and looking upward to the right of the frame. Their facial features include a prominent nose, strong brow, and slightly parted lips, with deep-set eyes. Their hair is pulled back smoothly. The person appears to be unclothed from the shoulders upwards. The background is a mix of rough plaster wall with visible cracks and a weathered wooden beam. No jewelry or held objects are visible in the image. The overall tone of the image is sepia.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Strand Archive, Aperture Foundation, Millerton, NY; Southwestern Bell Corporation, St. Louis, MO; gift to NGA, 1990

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 160, illus. p. 159

  • Paul Strand: An American Vision, National Gallery of Art; The Art Institute of Chicago; Saint Louis Art Museum; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco; Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990 - 1992, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 160, illus. p. 159

Inscriptions

by Hazel Strand, center verso in graphite: Paul Strand HS; upper left verso in graphite: 375 D TI

Wikidata ID

Q64158617

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