Postales Roisin
[Woman Smoking]

[Woman Smoking]

Public Domain

[Woman Smoking]
Publisheractive Barcelona, c. 1910–1962
CultureSpanish
Titles
  • [Woman Smoking]
Date1930–1962
MediumEmbroidered postcard
DimensionsImage: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
 Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2020.137.6.31
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
DescriptionDigital technology has made changes to color and additions to photographs quick and easy, yet in the early 20th century embellishments and colors had to be laboriously applied by hand to photographs to create more realistic images and to distinguish important details. This stunning Spanish example was carefully and colorfully embroidered to emphasize the elaborate details of the beautiful colors of the woman’s Mantón shawl.
ProvenanceBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey; purchased by MFAH, 2020.

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