Alvin Langdon Coburn
Marius de Zayas Mexican
Not on view
Despite Coburn's photographic talent and his role as one of the founding members of the Photo-Secession, he engendered many personal animosities within the Stieglitz circle. In particular, his fastidious appearance and his close relationship with his overbearing mother were mercilessly ridiculed. In this caricature, de Zayas accentuates the lines of Coburn's hair and beard and covers his fingers with large, brightly colored rings. The placement of the golden disk on the right side of the paper indicates the subject's "outsider" status.
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