Cemetery Wall, Texcoco, Mexico
1967, printed c. 1974
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print mounted on paperboard
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 24.4 x 18.2 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/16 in.) support: 50.1 x 37.6 cm (19 3/4 x 14 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
1995.36.65
About the Artist
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002) was one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century and the undisputed master of Mexican modernist photography. Born in Mexico City into a family with artistic connections, he was largely self-taught as a photographer, beginning to work seriously with the camera in the 1920s. His development was shaped by encounters with figures at the center of Mexico's...