Mechón

Manuel Alvarez Bravo's photograph of a long lock of wavy hair lying on a geometrically patterned floor juxtaposes texture and materials, dreams and taboos, and invokes questions about the drama taking place outside the photograph. Was this hair placed on the floor intentionally, or did it fall accidentally? The natural presumption is that the hair belonged to a woman, but could it have belonged to a man? Stripped of a luxurious mane, so symbolic of power and passion, is its one-time "owner" now weak and indifferent? This complex image has led one writer to assert that "in theme and form, the photograph is divided between the hint of seduction and that of punishment." Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser

Über das Werk

Angaben

Nachbarn im Haus: J. Paul Getty Museum

Ja, es empfängt Besucher

Im Katalog

Quellen

Puesto de cocos

[La Muchacha del Tren] / [Las estaciones]

Juego de Papel

Juego de papel [ovalos], Variation #3

Arena y pinitos

Two Pairs of Legs

Untitled

Dos pares de piernas (Two Pairs of Legs)

Schwertlilien, 1889

The Portal of Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light, 1894

Wheatstacks, Snow Effect, Morning (Meules, Effet de Neige, Le Matin), 1891

Sunrise (Marine), 1872 or 1873

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, 1869

Saint Bartholomew, 1661

Daniel and Cyrus Before the Idol Bel, 1633

Der Raub der Europa, 1632