The Market, Luzzara, Italy

1953

Paul Strand

Associated Names
Paul Strand

Artist, American, 1890 - 1976

This is a photograph of a street market. Market stalls line the street framed by old buildings with shuttered windows. There are various goods displayed, such as baskets and metal containers. People are seen conversing, browsing stalls, and riding bicycles. The architecture surrounding the market is vintage. The atmosphere is lively, depicting daily life in a marketplace.
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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. 123

  • 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. 199

1976

  • Paul Strand. Sixty Years of Photographs (Millerton, 1976), p. 103

1987

  • Hawarth-Booth, Mark. Paul Strand. Aperture Masters of Photography. Number One (Millerton, 1987), p. 57

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 163, illus. p. 123

Inscriptions

by Hazel Strand, center verso in graphite: Paul Strand HK / The Market / Luzzara.; by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: Master-but more lively; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 443; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: IT-TC-1370 t2

Wikidata ID

Q64158710

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