A black and white photograph of a close-up of a woman’s face.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white photograph shows a close-up of the right profile of a woman’s face. The woman is facing slightly up to the right. Her eyes are closed, her lips are slightly pursed. She has dark hair, her right ear is exposed.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1977.30.1
People
Paul Strand, American (New York, New York 1890 - 1976 Orgeval, France)
Title
Rebecca
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1922
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/301962

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Palladium print
Dimensions
actual: 19.5 x 25 cm (7 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hazel Strand, sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Robert M. Sedgwick II Fund, Barbara M. Marshall, Gweneth A.F. Knight, Stuart C. Welch, Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., Herbert W. Pratt, Thomas J. Watson III Fund, Mrs. George R. Rowland, and Anonymous donor
Copyright
© Aperture Foundation Inc., Paul Strand Archive
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
P1977.30.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997

Exhibition History

  • New Presences at the Fogg, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1978 - 11/28/1978
  • New Presences in the Fogg Museum, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1978 - 11/28/1978
  • Masterful Points of View, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1979 - 05/30/1979
  • About Face: Artist's Portraits in Photography, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 07/19/1997 - 10/12/1997
  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/29/2015

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