Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902-2002) Fifteen Photographs Portfolio, 1929-1972 Gelatin silver pr...

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Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902-2002)
Fifteen Photographs Portfolio, 1929-1972
Gelatin silver prints, printed 1974
7-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches (18.4 x 24.1 cm) or the reverse (images)
Each signed by the artist and editioned 32/75 in an unknown hand in pencil, mount recto.
Published by Double Elephant Press, New York.

PROVENANCE:
Christie's Photographs New York: Thursday, April 5, 2012, lot 253;
Private collection, Soho, New York.

LITERATURE:
J. Livingston, M. Alvarez Bravo, Godine/ The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1978, for a number of the images.

Titles include: Parabola Optica; El Sistema Nervioso del Gran Simpatico; La Buena Fama Durmiendo; El Eclipse; El Enseuno; Un Poco Alegre y Graciosa; Sed Publica; La Quema; La de las Bellas Artes; Trampa Puesta; Los Agachados; Barda de Panteon; Obreroen Huelga, Asesinado; Tumba Reciente; Paisaje Inventado.


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Estimate: $18,000 - $20,000.

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