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Erwin Blumenfeld :: Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1933 / original source: Erwin Blumenfeld / via

Chevojon Studio :: Lanterne / Lantern, no date provided in source / src: smokethorn

Heinrich Heidersberger :: Nudes from his series ‘Kleid aus Licht’ [Dress of Light], 1940′s
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Marek Piasecki :: Untitled, 1959
[Marek Piasecki is best known as the creator of images on photosensitive paper, mainly
heliogravures] source: metro.warszawa.gazeta




In Portrait of the Eternal, Álvarez Bravo fashioned a modern vanitas image of contemplative mystery, which at first appears in line with Surrealist ideas of the female muse. But this was no ordinary choice of model and collaborator: it was Isabel Villaseñor. Already well known as a talented artist and poet, Villaseñor’s distinctive profile, curtain of luxuriant hair, and mestiza (mixed race) heritage resonated with Mexicanidad and an ongoing process of national re-creation during the post-revolutionary period. (text: MMoCA)

En Retrato de lo eterno, Álvarez Bravo construyó la imagen de una vanitas moderna de misterio contemplativo que a primera vista parece alinearse con ideas surrealistas sobre la musa femenina. Pero la elección de su modelo y colaboradora para esta imagen no fue una opción caprichosa. Se trataba de Isabel Villaseñor, ya para entonces bastante conocida como artista y una poeta talentosa. Su perfil inconfundible, el velo de su cabellera suntuosa y su herencia mestiza resonaban con el concepto de mexicanidad y con los procesos en curso de re-creación nacional durante el periodo posrevolucionario. (text: MMoCA · Madison Museum of Contemporary Art)
