Retrato de lo Eterno (Portrait of the Eternal)

1935

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Associated Names
Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Artist, Mexican, 1902 - 2002

The image contains a woman seated on the ground with her body turned slightly to the side. She is holding her head up with her hand, running it through her dark hair which flows over her shoulder. The woman has soft features, with part of her face in profile. She is dressed in a light-colored garment with a subtle pattern and is barefoot. There is a ring on her right hand, and she is in a softly-lit interior space with a wooden floor.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Nancy Rutter Clark Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 24.13 × 19.37 cm (9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in.)
    mount: 45.24 × 35.56 cm (17 13/16 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.87.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Manual Alvarez Bravo, Mexico City; Jack Lessinger [1911–1987], Secretary, The Photo League, New York; (Thomas Walther Collection, New York); (The Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Los Angeles); Private collection; (sale, Christie’s, New York, 5 April 2000, lot 217); (Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York); Nancy Rutter Clark, New York; gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in graphite on mount: M. Alvarez Bravo. / Mexico.; on verso of mount, upper left, center right, and lower left stamped in black ink: CRESCENT / Quality / BOARDS

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