PAUL STRAND (1890–1976) Lot n° 43

PAUL STRAND (1890-1976) | 'Boy, Hidalgo', Mexico 1933 Image Size: 16,1 x 12,6 cm English: Photogravure, printed in 1997 on matte paper 40,5 x 31,5 cm, in excellent condition. Edition numbered "17/350" in pencil and copyright blindstamp by the "Paul Strand Archive" with handwritten date of printing in the lower margin, original brown paper folder and colophon, with texts and also edition number enclosed. When Strand was in Mexico from 1932 to 1934, he not only worked on the filming of "Redes" (Nets), directed by Fred Zinnemann, but also took legendary photographs. Twenty of these were published in 1940 as hand-pulled photogravures; today these are long out of print. A second edition, which appeared in 1967 under the title "The Mexican Portfolio", is also almost impossible to find. In 1997, Aperture published six individual images from the portfolio as high-quality photogravures, produced by the renowned printer Jon Goodman. These include the photograph of the boy sitting in the shade in the Mexican state of Hildago, which is one of Strand's best-known motifs. * Fully Taxed German: Photogravure, printed 1997 on matt paper 40.5 x 31.5 cm, in excellent condition. In the lower margin edition note "17/350" in pencil as well as copyright blindstamp of the "Paul Strand Archive" with handwritten print date, enclosed original folder in brown paper and colophon with texts and edition note. When Strand was in Mexico from 1932 to 1934, he not only devoted himself to filming "Redes" (Nets) under the direction of Fred Zinnemann, but also took legendary photographs. Twenty of these were published in 1940 as hand-pulled intaglio prints; these are now long out of print. A second edition, which was published in 1967 under the title "The Mexican Portfolio", is also almost impossible to find. In 1997, Aperture published six individual images from the portfolio as high-quality photogravures, produced by the renowned photographer Jon Goodman. These include the photograph of the boy sitting in the shade taken in the state of Hildago, which is one of Strand's best-known motifs. * Fully taxed