Christo, Tlacochoaya, Oaxaca

1933

Paul Strand

Associated Names
Paul Strand

Artist, American, 1890 - 1976

The sculpture depicts a figure with a crown of thorns. The figure is in a seated pose, leaning to one side with a hand on its cheek. It is adorned with a cloak with intricate designs around the collar and wears white clothing that covers the legs fully. The colors are muted, with shades of brown and ivory. The material appears to be carved wood, seen from the texture on the hands and feet. Inside a decorated box with floral patterns, the sculpture is framed by an ornately carved border.
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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, 1991

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 160, illus. p. 97

  • 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. 97

Inscriptions

center verso in blue ink: Seated Christ / Tlacochoya, / Oaxaca 1933 / Paul Strand; center verso in black ink: Platinum print.; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: MEX-DET-#654 FV; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: #203

Wikidata ID

Q64158685

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