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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.132
People
Baldomero Alejos, Peruvian (Amaupata in Huancavelica, Peru 1902-1976 Ayacucho, Peru)
Title
Postmortem Portraits
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1924-76, printed 2005
Culture
Peruvian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/340138

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
11.4 x 7.8 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Walter Alejos, (Ayacucho and later Lima, Peru 1976-2006) sold; to David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University (2006-2012) transferred; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
NOTE: Information about acquisition provided by Jose Falconi, Curator for David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Estrellita Bograd Brodsky Fund for Latin American Art and Culture and Gustavo E. Brillembourg Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.132
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Retouched: The Photographs of Baldomero Alejos, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 03/08/2006 - 06/01/2006

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