Young Woman and Boy - Toluca, from the portfolio Photographs of Mexico
Paul Strand, Young Woman and Boy - Toluca, from the portfolio Photographs of Mexico, 1933 (negative); 1940 (print), photogravure, Transfer from Museum Library, © artist or other rights holder, 80.2s
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- Title
Young Woman and Boy - Toluca, from the portfolio Photographs of Mexico
- Related Titles
original language: Young Woman and Boy - Toluca
portfolio: Photographs of Mexico
- Artist
- Date
1933 (negative); 1940 (print)
- Medium
photogravure
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 5 1/16 in x 6 5/16 in; sheet: 15 15/16 in x 12 1/2 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: 19, green ink, verso bottom left corner
inscription: 19, graphite, bottom right corner
- Collection Area
Photography
- Category
Books, Portfolios, and Manuscripts
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Transfer from Museum Library
- Accession Number
80.2s
- Copyright
© artist or other rights holder
- Terms
First published in 1940, Photographs of Mexico is drawn from Strand's 1932–1934 journeys to multiple states surrounding Mexico City, places where the social aftermath of the Mexican Revolution remained palpable. The portfolio suggests the evolution of his "collective portrait" method: the artist photographed individuals, the landscape, architecture, and handmade goods to give a fuller understanding of a region and its culture. He would later apply this method to New England, France, Italy, Egypt, Ghana, and the Outer Hebrides. A socially conscious photographer, Strand hoped that his collective portraits would foster positive change in the world.
Photographs of Mexico was limited to 250 copies, and was reissued as The Mexican Portfolio in 1967. The hand-pulled photogravures—lush, detailed prints made from photographic images that were transferred to an etching plate and run through a printing press—were brushed with Damar varnish, adding to their deep sepia tone.
- Exhibitions
2010 Likeness: Portraiture from the Photography Collection Portland Art Museum
2014 Blue Sky: The Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts at 40 Portland Art Museum
2015 FOTOFOLIO: Adams, Strand, Weston, Weston, White Portland Art Museum