Retrato de lo Eterno (Portrait of the Eternal)

1935

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Artist, Mexican, 1902 - 2002

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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

    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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