Man with a Hoe, Los Remedios
1933, printed 1940
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View on museum website →Medium
photogravure
Dimensions
image: 16 × 12.6 cm (6 5/16 × 4 15/16 in.) sheet: 40.4 × 31.7 cm (15 7/8 × 12 1/2 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
Accession Number
2023.34.2.11
Art Historical Context
Behold Paul Strand's *Man with a Hoe, Remedios* (1933, printed 0), a striking photure capturing the quiet dignity of rural life. This intimate portrait, measuring just 16 × 12.6 cm in its image area, depicts a Mexican laborer amid the rugged landscapes of Los Remedios, likely taken during Strand's travels in Mexico in the early 1930s. As a master of modernist photography, Strand transformed everyday subjects into profound studies of form and texture, influenced by the straight photography movement championed by Alfred Stieglitz. The photogravure medium— a meticulous intaglio printing process—...
About the Artist
Paul Strand
Paul Strand (1890–1976), born Nathaniel Paul Stransky in Brooklyn, New York, to Bohemian immigrant parents Jacob and Matilda Stransky, discovered photography at age twelve with a camera gifted by his father. Enrolled at the progressive Ethical Culture Fieldston School, he studied under documentary photographer Lewis W. Hine and critic Charles Caffin from 1904 to 1909, where Hine instilled a commit...