Parabola Optica (Optical parable)

1931, printed 1974

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Artist, Mexican, 1902 - 2002

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lee and Maria Friedlander

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.6 x 18 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
    mount: 50.3 x 37.5 cm (19 13/16 x 14 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.117.1.1

Associated Artworks

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Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

1974

El ensueño (The daydream)

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

1931

La buena fama durmiendo (The good reputation sleeping)

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

1939


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lee and Maria Friedlander, New York; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right in graphite: M. Alvarez Bravo, lower left in graphite: 10/75

Markings

upper left of mount, embossed Strathmore seal

Wikidata ID

Q64157688

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