Dec 13, 2011 - Sale 2265

Sale 2265 - Lot 156

Unsold
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
STRAND, PAUL (1890-1976)
Portfolio titled "Photographs of Mexico" [1st Edition], with 13 (of 20) plates depicting the landscape and people of Mexico. Varnished photogravures, 5x6 1/4 to 10 1/2x8 inches (12.7x15.9 to 26.7x20.3 cm.), and the reverse, sheet size 16x12 1/2 inches (40.6x31.6 cm.), each with Strand's sequential number, in ink, on verso. Folio, black-stamped linen folding slipcase, lightly worn; with the colophon; contents loose as issued. first edition, signed by strand, in ink, on the colophon. 1932-1933; printed 1940

Additional Details

"1. Near Saltillo" "2. Church--Coapiaxtla" "3. Virgin--San Felipe--Oaxaca" "4. Women of Santa Anna--Michoacan." "8. Cristo--Oaxaca" "11. Man with a Hoe--Los Remedios" "12. Calvario--Patzcuaro" "13. Cristo--Tlacochoaya--Oaxaca" "14. Boy--Hidalgo" "15. Woman and Baby--Hidalgo" "16. Girl and Child--Toluca" "19. Young Woman and Boy--Toluca" "20. Gateway--Hidalgo."

From Lee Witkin; to the present owner in 1975.