Wooden Horse (Caballo de Madera)
Artist/Culture
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
(Mexican, 1902–2002)
Date1928
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions24.2 x 18.7 cm (image), 25.2 x 20.2 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineEliza S. Paine Fund
Terms
Object number1993.79
DescriptionManuel Álvarez Bravo is considered the foremost exponent of Latin American Modernist photography. Heavily laden with references to Mexican culture, his photographs are described as socially-conscious landscapes evoking serenity, foreboding, and longing. This photograph in particular highlights American photographer Edward Weston’s (1886-1956) influence on Bravo.This photograph also provokes a particularly visceral response from curator, Nancy Burns, “I find Bravo’s horse to be one of the most unnerving photographs in the collection. It has the same look and smile you find in movies right before a possessed doll or Jack Nicholson lunges at you with an ax.”
Label TextManuel Álvarez Bravo is considered the foremost exponent of Latin American Modernist photography. Heavily laden with references to Mexican culture, his photographs are described as socially-conscious landscapes evoking serenity, foreboding, and longing. This photograph in particular highlights American photographer Edward Weston’s (1886-1956) influence on Bravo. This photograph also provokes a particularly visceral response from curator, Nancy Burns, “I find Bravo’s horse to be one of the most unnerving photographs in the collection. It has the same look and smile you find in movies right before a possessed doll or Jack Nicholson lunges at you with an ax.” ProvenanceHudson Center for Photography, 209 Kings Highway, Tappan, NY 10983
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