Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo
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View on museum website →Medium
portfolio of 15 gelatin silver prints
Dimensions
overall: 4 x 38.2 x 51.5 cm (1 9/16 x 15 1/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lee and Maria Friedlander
Accession Number
2006.117.1.1-15
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...