Manuel Álvarez Bravo - Photographs New York Thursday, October 8, 2015 | Phillips

Photographs

New York Auction 8 October 2015

  • Provenance

    Gift of Edward Perlberg, 1980

  • Literature

    Aperture, Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Photographs and Memories, pp. 47, 53
    The J. Paul Getty Museum, In Focus: Manuel Álvarez Bravo, pls. 40, 43
    Kismaric, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, pp. 97, 114, 131, 158, 187, 211-212
    Turner Publications, Manuel Álvarez Bravo: 100 Years, 100 Days, pls. 21, 31, 41, 56, 75, 81, 90, 92

  • Catalogue Essay

    Titles include: Tentaciones en casa de Antonio (Temptations at Antonio’s house), 1970; Cruce de Chalma (Cross of Chalma), 1942; Margarita de Bonampak (Margarita of Bonampak), 1949; El Perro Veinte (Dog Twenty), 1958; Ventana al Coro (Window to the Choir), 1936; Violín Huichol (Huichol Violin), 1965; La Visita (The Visit), 1935; Diá de Todos Muertos (Day of All Dead), 1933; Angel del Temblor (Angel of the Earthquake), 1957; Manos en el 210 de Fernandez Leal (Hands on 210 Fernandez Leal), 1976; Bicicletas en Domingo (Bicycles on Sunday), 1966; Ventana a los Magueyes (Window on the Agaves), 1976; Carrizo y Tele (Reed and Television), circa 1976; Paisaje Chamula (Chamula Landscape), circa 1970; Qué chiquito es el mundo (How small the world is), 1942

PROPERTY FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

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Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

New York: Acorn Editions Limited, 1979. Fifteen gelatin silver prints.
Each approximately 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (17.1 x 23.5 cm) or the reverse.
Each signed and annotated 'Mexico' in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000 

Sold for $21,250

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Photographs

New York Auction 8 October 2015