[Miguel Covarrubias talking to an elderly Balinese woman] – Historic Print
![[Miguel Covarrubias talking to an elderly Balinese woman], [between 1930 and 1935] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8d/8d3134fcb0e1-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Miguel Covarrubias talking to an elderly Balinese woman], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Miguel Covarrubias talking to an elderly Balinese woman]
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In this photograph, the Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957) is shown speaking with an elderly Balinese woman. The image dates from between 1930 and 1935, a period when Covarrubias and his wife, Rosa, were studying the island's art, dance, and daily life. Library staff devised the title, and the record notes that Rosa Covarrubias may have made the photograph. Covarrubias later drew on this work for his book *Island of Bali* (1937), which helped shape Western images of the island in the decades that followed.
| Created / published | [between 1930 and 1935] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Photograph possibly by Rosa Covarrubias. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1974:R03 |
| Subjects | Covarrubias, Miguel,--1904-1957. Women--Indonesia--Bali Island--1930-1940. Older people--Indonesia--Bali Island--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,258 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-207746 |
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