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Lot 26
Paul Strand(1890-1976)Young Farmer, Luzzara, Italy
6 April 2023, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$10,000 - US$15,000
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Paul Strand (1890-1976)
Young Farmer, Luzzara, Italy, 1953
Gelatin silver print, printed 1953; flush-mounted, titled by the artist on the print verso 'Young Farmer'; signed in pencil on behalf of Paul Strand by his wife Hazel Strand on the print verso 'Paul Strand HS'
4 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. (11.7 x 14.9 cm.)
sheet / flush-mount 14 5/8 x 12 1/4 in. (37.2 x 31.1 cm.)
Gelatin silver print, printed 1953; flush-mounted, titled by the artist on the print verso 'Young Farmer'; signed in pencil on behalf of Paul Strand by his wife Hazel Strand on the print verso 'Paul Strand HS'
4 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. (11.7 x 14.9 cm.)
sheet / flush-mount 14 5/8 x 12 1/4 in. (37.2 x 31.1 cm.)
Footnotes
Provenance
From the artist;
to Michael Hoffman, first executive director of Aperture and Co-founder (with Hazel Strand) of the Paul Strand Archive;
by bequest to his daughter Sarah Warren Hoffman
Literature
Strand and Zavattini, Un Paese: Portrait of an Italian Village, various editions
Paul Strand, centennial monograph, Aperture/ National Gallery of Art, p. 127
In 1953 renowned American photographer Paul Strand, then living in France, suggested to Italian screenwriter Cesare Zavattini that they produce a book together focusing on a small town in Italy that would reveal the spirit of its people. Zavattini suggested his own birthplace of Luzzara, in the Po Valley.
Strand's photographs of Luzzara included a series of penetrating portraits, such as the young farmer offered here.