Artist
José Ney Milá Espinosa (José Ney)Cuban, born 1959
CultureCuban
Titles
- La Habana, Cuba
- Los romanticos ángeles de la Tierra
- Havana, Cuba
- from the series The Romantic Angels of the Earth
Date1992, printed 1994
PlaceHavana, Cuba
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (20.6 × 35.9 cm)
Sheet: 10 9/16 × 15 15/16 in. (26.8 × 40.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 9/16 × 15 15/16 in. (26.8 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alexander K. McLanahan in memory of Dr. Richard H. Jackson
Object number94.782
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
As part of a larger project on national character, José Ney
focused on religion in Cuba. The island’s history as a Spanish colony and site
of the Atlantic slave trade has infused Cuban culture with foreign elements
from Catholicism to African spirituality. A biblical tableau demonstrates how
Catholic objects of worship pervade contemporary Cuban life.
Provenance[Jason McCoy, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso lower left in pencil "Serie: 'Los Romanticos Angeles De La Tierra' / LA HABANA, CUBA 1992."
Signed and dated in pencil, lower left corner, verso "Nov/94 4/25 Ney"
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