The Affianced, Luzzara, Italy

1953

Paul Strand

Associated Names
Paul Strand

Artist, American, 1890 - 1976

The image shows two people captured from the chest up. The man is on the left, leaning against a wooden structure with his body slightly angled away and looking to his left. He has short, dark hair and wears a checkered shirt over a white t-shirt. The woman is on the right, standing against the wooden structure with her body facing forward and her head slightly turned towards the camera. She has dark, wavy hair pulled back and wears hoop earrings. She is dressed in a dark cardigan over a striped shirt. The background consists of a textured wall and wooden boards.
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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. 163, illus. p. 132

  • 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

1971

  • Paul Strand. A Retrospective Monograph. The Years 1915-1968 (Millerton, 1971), p. 200

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 163, illus. p. 132

Inscriptions

center verso in blue ink: Luzzara - Italy - / 1953 / Paul Strand -; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: IT-POR-1341 PHS; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: P. 73

Wikidata ID

Q64158709

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