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A warm, brown toned portrait of a person draped in a dark hood with a solemn expression. A warm, brown toned portrait of a person draped in a dark hood with a solemn expression set against a light surface.

Luis González Palma

The Silence (El Silencio),

Maker

  • Paul Taylor
  • Scott Mathes and Paul Taylor
  • Renaissance Press
  • Luis González Palma

Title

The Silence (El Silencio)

Medium

polymer, bitumen, photogravure

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Photogravure with polymer and bitumen

Techniques

  • Photogravure with polymer and bitumen

Supports

  • Moulin Gue medium weight wove white paper

Dimensions

Plate: 61 x 64.1 cm (24 x 25 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Center below image: signature; LL: 5/35; LR: EL SILENCIO

Marks: Watermark lower right

Identification

Edition

5/35

Type

  • Photographs

Credit

Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art

Object Number

1998.49

The Silence (El Silencio)

5/35

Center below image: signature; LL: 5/35; LR: EL SILENCIO

Marks: Watermark lower right

Exhibition History

Process Work

February 1 - July 20, 2025

Raid the Icebox Now with Pablo Helguera

February 7, 2020 - August 21, 2021

Historias

August 9, 2013 - January 5, 2014
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is The Silence (El Silencio) with the accession number of 1998.49. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.

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