April 17, 2024
Paul Strand Mexican Portfolio photogravure vintage rare
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Please look at the photos carefully I take new pictures of each photogravure and try to capture any flaws. This is a rare opportunity!!You are bidding on one print that measures approximately 12 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches.Photogravure hand printed in 1967 from the original plates by Albert Delong under Strand's supervision. Albert Delong worked for the Anderson Lamb Printing Company at that time. I purchased a large quantity of printed material that was left in storage by The Anderson-Lamb Printing Company.This is from that purchase. One of my photos shows the watermark on the paper. The original photographs were taken in 1932 and 1933 and were published in 1940 under the title Photographs of Mexico. This print was printed new in 1967 and very scarce thus, A rare opportunity. "This is from the second edition of Paul Strand’s classic 1940 classic work, “Mexican Portfolio: An American Photographer South of the Border” featuring 20 spectacular hand pulled photogravures that were produced under the direct supervision of Paul Strand from the original plates and published by Da Capo Press, New York in 1967. The noted art critic Lennie Bennett provides the best overview of the significance of this work, “The 20 images of “The Mexican Portfolio” are unbelievably somber. The mournful visages worn by statues of Madonnas and Christs are reflected
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