W. Eugene Smith

Spanish Spinner

1950, printed 1951

A seated woman uses a spindle and her mouth to spin yarn while another knits behind her.
A seated woman uses a spindle and her mouth to spin yarn while another knits behind her.

Recto

Not on view

Date
1950, printed 1951

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (35.2 × 27.6 cm) Image: 13 7/16 × 9 9/16 in. (34.1 × 24.3 cm)

Accession number
93.132

Series
Spanish Village: It Lives in Ancient Poverty and Faith

Credit line
Gift of Susan Unterberg

Rights and reproductions
© W. Eugene Smith, “Magnum Photos, New York”

API
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