Matt Mahurin
Nicaragua

Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
ArtistAmerican, born 1959
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Nicaragua
Date1987
PlaceEl Salvador
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 3/8 × 10 5/8 in. (26.4 × 26.9 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 13 1/16 in. (40.4 × 33.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mike and Mickey Marvins
Object number2013.728
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
DescriptionMatt Mahurin’s photograph of two boys holding hands was taken as part of a photo-essay on Nicaragua. Known for staged or manipulated scenes, Mahurin divorced his subjects from their surroundings in this photograph, removing the implicit photojournalistic content and presenting a seemingly universal narrative in its place. The photograph may show signs of hunger and poverty, widespread during the Sandinista regime and the Contra War, but it speaks to the powerful solidarity of a childhood friendship.
Provenance[Butterfield & Butterfield, sale 522M, lot 3512, after 1987]; purchased by Michael Marvins and Michele Marvins, Houston, after 1987; given to MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History“A Photographer’s Collection: Gifts from Michael and Michele Marvins,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 4–July 5, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil lower right recto sheet:MM
Inscribed in pencil lower left recto sheet: 24/100
Inscribed on verso mount: Matt Mahurin, Children Holding Hands, El Salvador, Platinum Print, $1200.

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