Ken Light
Handwoven Campesino Sombrero, Oaxaca, Mexico

Handwoven Campesino Sombrero, Oaxaca, Mexico
Handwoven Campesino Sombrero, Oaxaca, Mexico
ArtistAmerican, born 1951
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Handwoven Campesino Sombrero, Oaxaca, Mexico
  • from the series To The Promised Land
Date1987
Place depictedOaxaca, Mexico
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/4 × 10 1/8 in. (26 × 25.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (35.3 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Mundy Companies Collection, gift of the artist
Object number89.362
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Orlinda, California; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso lower left above signature "Handwoven Campesino Sombrero / Oaxaca, Mexico"
verso bottom left in pencil "© Ken Light 1987 / KL-9-1987"

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