Under the Black Sun (Portrait Woman)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2011.4
People: Milagros de la Torre, Peruvian (Lima, Peru born 1965)
Title: Under the Black Sun (Portrait Woman)
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Bajo el Sol Negro
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1993
Places: Creation Place: South America, Peru, Cuzco
Culture: Peruvian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/337165

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Hand dyed toned gelatin silver print with mercurochrome
Technique: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 cm (2 11/16 x 1 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Milagros de la Torre, created 1993, sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of the Pinta Museum Acquisition Program and Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright: © Milagros de la Torre
Accession Year: 2011
Object Number: 2011.4
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Charles Merewether, Milagrosdelatorre: fotografia, exh. cat., Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico and Museo de Arte Alvar y Carmen T. Carrillo Gil (San Angel, Mexico, 1998), Cover, ill (color)

Exhibition History

32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/17/2017 - 05/08/2017

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2011.4: Under the Black Sun (Portrait Woman)