Desperate Self-Portrait
1966 · Pencil on paper
17 1/4 x 12" (43.7 x 30.5 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Humberto Rivas
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Humberto Rivas was an Argentine photographer whose black-and-white practice focused on urban landscapes, intimate domestic interiors, and portraiture rendered with restrained formal precision. Working primarily in the decades following Argentina's political upheavals, his work maintained a cool, documentary sensibility while exploring the textures and geometries of inhabited space. His photographs eschewed sentimentality in favor of a measured, almost austere visual language.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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