Parabola Optica (Optical parable)
1931, printed 1974
Artist, Mexican, 1902 - 2002
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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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