Manuel Álvarez Bravo

a plate from Fifteen Photographs (New York, 1974), tipped to a mount, signed and numbered '19/75' by the photographer in pencil on the mount, matted, framed, 1931, printed in 1974, no. 19 in an edition of 75 (Kismaric, p. 77; Livingston, pl. 62; Pasadena, pl. 19; Getty, pl. 7; Revelaciones, pl. 8; Aperture Masters of Photography, p. 73; Cien Años, Cien Días, pl. 26; Kaufman, Bravo: Photographs and Memories, p. 55; Photography Until Now, p. 230)

This print, on double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is in generally very good condition. The dry-mounting tissue has separated from the mount, and the print has been re-hinged with tissue. The mount is slightly darker in an area of approximately 1 3/8 inches surrounding the print. On the reverse of the mount, there are notations--title, edition number, price, and gallery number--in an unidentified hand in pencil.
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