[Two Farmers, Spain]
This study forms part of a larger body of work—of so-called Spanish “types”—which Alphonse Delaunay made between 1851 and 1854. The artist gathered people of various ages and diverse occupations, including these farmers, to record a broad array of nineteenth-century Spanish life. The impulse to photographically document and classify physiologies and social appearances was inevitably entwined with imperialism, surveillance, and racial stereotyping, but the improvisational quality of Delaunay’s photographs (especially some of the deliberate, awkward poses) suggests that they initially were intended as source material for artists.
Artwork Details
- Title: [Two Farmers, Spain]
- Artist: Alphonse Delaunay (French, 1827–1906)
- Date: 1851–54
- Medium: Albumen silver print from paper negative
- Dimensions: Image: 6 9/16 × 4 15/16 in. (16.7 × 12.5 cm)
Mount (primary): 9 in. × 6 3/4 in. (22.8 × 17.1 cm)
Mount (secondary): 13 5/8 in. × 10 9/16 in. (34.6 × 26.8 cm) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.151
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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Alphonse Delaunay
1854
Alphonse Delaunay
1851–54
Alphonse Delaunay
1851–54
Alphonse Delaunay
1851–54
Alphonse Delaunay
1851–54
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