Lot 31
The Mexican Portfolio
Sold
$1,080
Est $1,500 - $2,500
Timed Auction
INSIDE THE PHOTOGRAPH: FURTHER SELECTIONS FROM THE PETER C. BUNNELL COLLECTION
ARTIST
Paul Strand
Size
Varying sizes from 5 x 6 1/4 in. (12.7 x 15.9 cm) to 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm) or the reverse
Description
LOT OFFERED WITH NO RESERVE
INSIDE THE PHOTOGRAPH: FURTHER SELECTIONS FROM THE PETER C. BUNNELL COLLECTION

The photographs included in this lot are as follows: Near Saltillo, 1932 Church, Caopiaxtla, 1933 Virgin, San Felipe, Oaxaca, 1933 Women of Santa Anna, Michoacan, 1933 Men of Santa Anna, Michoacan, 1933 Woman, Patzcuaro, 1933 Boy, Uruapan, 1933 Cristo, Oaxaca, 1933 Woman and Boy, Tenancingo, 1933 Plaza, State of Puebla, 1933 Man with a Hoe, Los Remedios, 1933 Calvario, Patzcuaro, 1933 Cristo, Tlacochoaya, Oaxaca, 1933 Boy, Hidalgo, 1933 Woman and Baby, Hidalgo, 1933 Girl and Child, Toluca, 1933 Cristo with Thorns, Huexotla, 1933 Man, Tenancingo, 1933 Young Woman and Boy, Toluca, 1933 Gateway, Hidalgo, 1933

Medium
New York: Da Capo Press, 1967. Twenty hand-coated photogravures.
Signature
Printed introduction by Leo Hurwitz, acknowledgements by Strand, essay by David Alfaro Siqueiros, and plate list. Enclosed within a linen portfolio and slipcase with black printed title. One from an edition of 1,000. This example is unsigned.
Provenance
Collection of Peter C. Bunnell, Princeton, New Jersey
Literature
Viganò, Strand + Rosenblum: Corrispondenze elettive / Enduring Friendship, pp. 28-32 Aperture, Paul Strand: Essays on His Life and Work, p. 52, 115-199, 187 Aperture, Paul Strand: A Retrospective Monograph, The Years 1915-1946, vol. 1, pp. 104-125 Aperture, Paul Strand: Sixty Years of Photographs, pp. 155, 160 Greenough, Paul Strand: An American Vision, pp. 89-99 Daniel, Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand: Masterworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, pl. 114-119 Each citation for various prints within the portfolio