Fête des Morts, Mexico (Day of the Dead, Mexico), Édouard Boubat

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Édouard Boubat, Fête des Morts, Mexico (Day of the Dead, Mexico)
Édouard Boubat, Fête des Morts, Mexico (Day of the Dead, Mexico)
Édouard Boubat
Fête des Morts, Mexico (Day of the Dead, Mexico)
1980
Édouard Boubat
1923–1999
Fête des Morts, Mexico (Day of the Dead, Mexico), 1980
Portfolio/Series title: Edouard Boubat portfolio
Where object was made: France
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 23.7 x 35.6 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9 5/16 x 14 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 x 20 in
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Myers
Accession number: 1983.0169
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Exhibition Label: "Signs of Faith: Photographs from the Collection," Oct-2001, Elissa L.Anderson Boubat’s photograph records a common element of Mexico’s Day of the Dead festival. A small child wearing a mask pretends to bury loved ones beneath a decorated canopy. This practice is one of the social events organized for this sacred and secular festival, which was also documented in photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo.