Lola Álvarez Bravo

Martínez de Anda, Dolores Concepción

Mexican, 1903 - 1993

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Lola Álvarez Bravo, El Abandonado (The Abandoned), 1950s, gelatin silver print, Heather and Jim Johnson Fund, 2020.146.4

El Abandonado (The Abandoned)

Lola Álvarez Bravo · 1950s · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2020.146.4

Lola Álvarez Bravo, Untitled (After the Bath), Palenque, Chiapas, c. 1949, gelatin silver print, Gift of Sandra and David Berler, 2024.95.4

Untitled (After the Bath), Palenque, Chiapas

Lola Álvarez Bravo · c. 1949 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2024.95.4

Lola Álvarez Bravo, El Ensueño (Isabel Villaseñor), Tenacatita, Jalisco, 1941, gelatin silver print, Gift of Sandra and David Berler, in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of Photography at the National Gallery of Art, 2015.36.2

El Ensueño (Isabel Villaseñor), Tenacatita, Jalisco

Lola Álvarez Bravo · 1941 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2015.36.2

Lola Álvarez Bravo, La Feria (The Fair), Taxco, Guerrero, c. 1940, printed 1975–1980, gelatin silver print, Gift of Sandra and David Berler, 2024.95.3

La Feria (The Fair), Taxco, Guerrero

Lola Álvarez Bravo · c. 1940, printed 1975–1980 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2024.95.3

Lola Álvarez Bravo, Mar de Ternura (Sea of Tenderness), c. 1945, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. Robert Lennon and Mr. Ramon Osuna in memory of Gene Baro.), 2015.19.4323

Mar de Ternura (Sea of Tenderness)

Lola Álvarez Bravo · c. 1945 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4323

In this black and white photograph, a woman wearing a black dress leans toward an arched mirror set into a wall, so we see the woman twice in this double portrait. We are situated slightly below her so we look up at the woman, who gazes down and to our right. The surface of the wall is smooth but lightly textured, like adobe. Trees reflected in the mirror indicate that this is outdoors. The woman in front of us takes up the left half of the composition. She faces our right in profile and leans to our right, at the far edge of the mirror. Her dark hair is pulled up in ribbon entwined braids. She wears long, chandelier style earrings and her high-necked black dress has puffed, lace sleeves. We see her face straight on in the mirror’s reflection. The woman’s distinctive brows knit together over her rounded nose.
Lola Álvarez Bravo, Frida Kahlo, c. 1944, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. Robert Lennon and Mr. Ramon Osuna in Memory of Gene Baro.), 2015.19.4322

Frida Kahlo

Lola Álvarez Bravo · c. 1944 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4322