The Mexican Portfolio
published 1967
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portfolio of 20 photogravures with introductions by Leo Hurwitz, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and the artist
Dimensions
overall: 43.82 × 33.66 × 3.18 cm (17 1/4 × 13 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner
Accession Number
1991.116.277-296
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...