First Communion in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil

© Sebastião Salgado

First Communion in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil

Currently not on view

First Communion in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil,

1981, printed 1991

Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian, 1944–2025
x1993-190.1.9

Information

Title
First Communion in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil
Dates

1981, printed 1991

Maker
Sebastião Salgado
Medium
Platinum-palladium print
Dimensions
image: 22.4 x 33.4 cm (8 13/16 x 13 1/8 in.) sheet: 33.2 x 40.4 cm (13 1/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ruth Bernhard
Object Number
x1993-190.1.9
Place Made

South America, Brazil, Ceará, Juazeiro do Norte

Signatures
Signed in graphite, lower right below image: S. Salgado
Inscription
in graphite, lower left: AP 15/24
Culture
Brazilian
Type
platinum prints, palladium prints
Materials
paper (fiber product)
Techniques
palladium process, platinum process
Subject
portraits, clouds, rites of passage, religious ceremonies, pilgrimages, miracles, angels, girls

Given to the Princeton University Art Museum by Ruth Bernhard (1905–2006).

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