Elegance and Poverty

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Elegance and Poverty
Elegance and Poverty
Elegance and Poverty

Elegance and Poverty

Maker (b. 1896, Udine, Italy – d. 1942, Mexico City, Mexico)
Printer (b. 1902, Mexico City, Mexico – d. 2002, Mexico City, Mexico)
Date1928 (Printed late 1960s early 70s)
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 10 in. x 7 5/16 in. (25.4 cm x 18.6 cm); image: 9 5/8 in. x 7 5/8 in. (24.4 cm x 19.4 cm)
ClassificationPHOTOGRAPHS
Credit LineMuseum purchase, The Class of 1947 Acquisition Fund
Object number2014.152
Status
Not on view
RightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Image Not Available for Refinement and Elegance, from the series "Other People’s Clothes"
Caleb Cole
Refinement and Elegance, from the series "Other People’s Clothes"
2010
Image Not Available for His ventures failing him, he accepted poverty, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
His ventures failing him, he accepted poverty, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
Image Not Available for Travel Album: China and Japan
Unknown
Travel Album: China and Japan
early 20th century
Image Not Available for Untitled (Statue and Coat)
Kati Horna
Untitled (Statue and Coat)
ca. 1933 (printed later)
Image Not Available for Untitled (Woman and Painting)
Kati Horna
Untitled (Woman and Painting)
ca. 1933 (printed later)
Paris Interior, from the portfolio "Paris and Environs"
Eugène AtgetBerenice Abbott
Paris Interior, from the portfolio "Paris and Environs"
1910 (published 1956)
Eclipse, 1911, from the portfolio "Paris and Environs"
Eugène AtgetBerenice Abbott
Eclipse, 1911, from the portfolio "Paris and Environs"
April 17, 1912 (printed 1956)
Men's Fashions, from the portfolio "Paris and Environs"
Eugène AtgetBerenice Abbott
Men's Fashions, from the portfolio "Paris and Environs"
1925 (published 1956)
Image Not Available for The Garden, from "Portfolio II, The Garden"
Paul Strand
The Garden, from "Portfolio II, The Garden"
1957-64
Nénuphars (Water Lilies), from the portfolio "Paris and Environs"
Eugène AtgetBerenice Abbott
Nénuphars (Water Lilies), from the portfolio "Paris and Environs"
before 1900 (published 1956)
St. Cloud, from the portfolio "Paris and Environs"
Eugène AtgetBerenice Abbott
St. Cloud, from the portfolio "Paris and Environs"
1915-19 (printed 1956)
Nell Ward, Cherry Orchard, No. 11 from the series "Travellers Project," from the portfolio "Alen MacWeeney"
Alen MacWeeney
Nell Ward, Cherry Orchard, No. 11 from the series "Travellers Project," from the portfolio "Alen MacWeeney"
1965-66