Red River, Ghost Town, New Mexico, Paul Strand, 1931
Paul Strand, portraitPaul StrandAmerican, 1890–1976

Red River, Ghost Town, New Mexico

1931 · Photograph

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Where is “Red River, Ghost Town, New Mexico” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.

The Museum of Modern Art

New York, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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43.1943

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In the life of Paul Strand

The whole life
  1. 1932–1935

    Lives in Mexico and works on the film “Redes”

    Strand lives in Mexico and works on “Redes” (1936), a film commissioned by the Mexican government and released in the United States as “The Wave”.

  2. 1933

    Divorces Rebecca Salsbury

    His marriage to the painter Rebecca Salsbury, begun in 1922, ends in divorce. Strand had photographed her often, sometimes in unusually intimate, tightly cropped compositions.

  3. 1933–1952

    Nearly twenty years without a darkroom of his own

    From 1933 to 1952 Strand has no darkroom of his own and uses other people’s.

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