The Thread Maker
Artist
W. Eugene Smith
(American, 1918 - 1975)
Date1950
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 3/4 × 9 in. (32.4 × 22.9 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Dr. Carol K. Smith in Memory of Dr. Marcus J. Smith, 1987
Object number1987.318.6
DescriptionSpanish women sitting on ground spinning thread.eMuseum Notes
This image is part of the artist’s landmark photo essay
“Spanish Village,” which was published in the April 9, 1951 issue of LIFE magazine.
The caption for this image reads: “A peasant woman moistens the fibers of locally
grown flax as she joins them in a long strand which is spun tight by the
spindle (right), then wrapped around it.”
On View
Not on view
