Estudio Amer: Andalusian Corral de Vecinos Courtyard (Vintage Photo 40x30CM Kodak BRTF 1940s)

rare original vintage photo - no new print!  

subject: the communal courtyard of a traditional andalusian tenement house (corral de vecinos), featuring multi-tiered galleries with flowerpots, local residents, a central water basin, and woven esparto blinds (seville/granada style).

photo studio: estudio amer, madrid 

date of creation: early 1940s (circa 1940–1944).

medium: vintage gelatin silver print on premium kodak brtf-2z photographic paper.

dimensions: approx. 40 x 30 cm / 15.7 x 11.8 inches (large exhibition/portfolio size).

condition: very good...high narrative detail, gorgeous soft shadow delineation under the arches, clean borders, and an untouched reverse....please also refer to scans which show complete front & back of photo

3rd photo show the kodak cardboard box in which the photo, amongst others, was stored -> it is stamped on bottom: estudio amer, calle serrano 21, madrid

secure shipping: worldwide registered airmail - flat (not rolled) between heavy cardboard to prevent bendmarks and creases...

detailed description

this magnificent large-format vintage photograph stands as a premier ethnographic and sociological document of mid-century southern spain. it captures the intimate daily world of a corral de vecinos, a traditional communal housing complex typical of historic andalusian working-class neighborhoods. the two-tier composition highlights a long wooden gallery adorned with a neat row of terracotta flowerpots, a hanging birdcage, and a local woman peer down from above. below, the courtyard features a stone washing well topped with a rustic clay amphora (tinaja), a large rolled-up traditional esparto grass sunblind, and an older man and a young boy resting under the shade of the whitewashed portico arches.

expertly developed in madrid by estudio amer, this exhibition-sized print beautifully balances the bright andalusian daylight with the deep, soft shadow values inside the brick arcades. printed on the highly prized kodak brtf paper stock, it retains an outstanding depth of scale, capturing every structural texture from the cobblestone floor to the fabric of the villagers' historical attire. an exceptional addition for collectors of early spanish social-documentary photography and mediterranean cultural heritage.

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