Luz Restirada (Lengthened Light)

1944, printed 1977

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Associated Names
Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Artist, Mexican, 1902 - 2002

The image depicts a large, textured tree trunk with branches and foliage casting detailed shadows. The tree is on the left side of the image, against a light surface, possibly a wall. The horizon is a straight line where the wall meets the sky, a third up from the bottom. The sky has soft, billowy clouds. The scene is in black and white, emphasizing the contrast between light and shadow.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Raymond W. Merritt)

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.13 × 17.46 cm (9 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.22.47

  • Portfolio Title

    Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Raymond W. Merritt, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • Modernism: Designing a New World 1914 – 1939, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 17–July 29, 2007

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: M. Alvarez Bravo. / México.; bottom right corner: 81/100; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1978.108.4

Wikidata ID

Q64157719

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