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Call Number:

PH-00832

Collection Name:

Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1979 portfolio)

Creator:

Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)

No. of Items:

15 items in portfolio

Span Dates:

circa 1933-1977, printed 1979

Description:

Published portfolio entitled Manuel Álvarez Bravo (Geneva, Switzerland: Acorn Editions, 1979), containing 15 unmounted photographs that were selected, printed, and signed by Manuel Álvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902-2002), and a list of plates. Item-level information that includes the printed titles from the colophon, with English translations in brackets, follows.

982:0060:0001 -- Carrizo y Tele [Reed and Television], 1976, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print;
982:0060:0002 -- Violín Huichol [Huichol Violin], 1965, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print;
982:0060:0003 -- Ventana a los Magueyes [Window to the Maguey Plants], 1976, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print;
982:0060:0004 -- Ventana al Coro [Window to the Choir] circa 1933, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print;
982:0060:0005 -- La Visita [The Visit], 1935 or 1945, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print;
982:0060:0006 -- El Perro Veinte [Dog Number Twenty], 1958, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print;
982:0060:0007 -- Margarita de Bonampak [Margarita from Bonampak], 1949, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print;
982:0060:0008 -- Día de Todos Muertos [All Dead's Day], 1933, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print;
982:0060:0009 -- Ángel del Temblor [Angel of the Earthquake], 1957, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print;
982:0060:0010 -- Tentaciones en Casa de Antonio [Temptations in the House of Anthony], 1970, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print;
982:0060:0011 -- Cruce de Chalma [Cross of Chalma], 1942, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print;
982:0060:0012 -- Manos en el 210 de Fernandez Leal [Hands on 210 Fernandez Leal], also known as Manos en Casa de Diaz [Hands on the House of Diaz], 1933 or 1976, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print;
982:0060:0013 -- Paisaje Chamula [Chamula Landscape], 1972, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print;
982:0060:0014 -- Bicicletas en Domingo [Bicycles on Sunday], 1963-1968, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print;
982:0060:0015 -- Que Chiquito es el Mundo [How Small the World Is], 1942, printed 1979. Gelatin silver print.

Accession No(s):

982:0060:0001-0015; Gift, 1982 (G 1441)

Location(s):

f TR 654 A593 1981 HRC-P (982:0060:0001-0015)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Carrizo y tele [Carrizo and television] from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Accession Number	5035574

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Violin Huichol [Huichol Violin], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5035598

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Ventana a los magueys [Window to the Magueys], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5035599

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Ventana al coro [Window to the Choir], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5035600

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	La visita [The Visit], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5035601

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	El perro veinte [The Twentieth Dog], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5035602

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Margarita de Bonampak [Margarita from Bonampak], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5035603

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Dia de todos muertos [Day of the Dead], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5035604

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Angel del temblor [Angel of the Quake], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5035605

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Tentaciones en casa de Antonio [Temptations at Antonio’s House], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5035606

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Cruce de chalma [Cross from Chalma], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Accession Number	5035607

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Manos en el 210 de Fernandez Leal [Hands in 210 of Fernandez Leal], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Accession Number	5035608

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Paisaje chamula [Chamula Landscape], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Accession Number	5035609

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Bicicletas en domingo [Bicycles on Sunday], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Accession Number	5035610

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Que chiquito es el mundo [How Small the World is], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1981
Accession Number	5035611

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Ventana al Coro (Window to the Choir)
Date	circa 1933, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5037837

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Carrizo y Tele from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	1976, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 17.3 x 23.3 cm; 6 4/5 x 9 1/5 in; sheet: 20.1 x 25.2 cm; 7 9/10 x 9 9/10 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0001

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Violin Huichol from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	1965, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 17.6 x 23.8 cm; 6 9/10 x 9 2/5 in; sheet: 20.2 x 25.3 cm; 8 x 10 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0002

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Ventana a los Magueyes from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	1976, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 18.2 x 23.5 cm; 7 1/5 x 9 3/10 in; sheet: 20.2 x 25.4 cm; 8 x 10 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0003

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Ventana al Coro from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	circa 1933, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 23.6 x 16.6 cm; 9 3/10 x 6 1/2 in; sheet: 25.4 x 20.2 cm; 10 x 8 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0004

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	La Visita from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	1935 or 1945, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 16.6 x 23.6 cm; 6 1/2 x 9 3/10 in; sheet: 20.1 x 25.3 cm; 7 9/10 x 10 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0005

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	El Perro Veinte from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	1958, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 19.1 x 22.5 cm; 7 1/2 x 8 9/10 in; sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm; 8 x 9 9/10 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0006

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Margarita de Bonampak from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	1949, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 24 x 19.1 cm; 9 2/5 x 7 1/2 in; sheet: 25.2 x 20.1 cm; 9 9/10 x 7 9/10 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0007

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Dia de Todos Muertos from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	1933, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 24.1 x 17.7 cm; 9 1/2 x 7 in; sheet: 25.3 x 20.2 cm; 10 x 8 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0008

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Ángel del Temblor from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	1957, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 16.6 x 24.1 cm; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in; sheet: 20.2 x 25.4 cm; 8 x 10 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0009

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Tentaciones en Casa de Antonio from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	1970, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 24.2 x 19.4 cm; 9 1/2 x 7 3/5 in; sheet: 25.3 x 20.2 cm; 10 x 8 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0010

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Cruce de Chalma from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	1942, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 23.9 x 17.2 cm; 9 2/5 x 6 4/5 in; sheet: 25.4 x 20.1 cm; 10 x 7 9/10 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0011

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Manos en el 210 de Fernandez Leal from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	1933 or 1976, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 18 x 23.9 cm; 7 1/10 x 9 2/5 in; sheet: 20.2 x 25.3 cm; 8 x 10 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0012

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Paisaje Chamula from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	1972, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 18 x 24 cm; 7 1/10 x 9 2/5 in; sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm; 8 x 9 9/10 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0013

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Bicicletas en Domingo from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	1966, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 17.8 x 23.9 cm; 7 x 9 2/5 in; sheet: 20.2 x 25.3 cm; 8 x 10 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0014

Artist/Maker	Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (1902 - 2002)
Title	Qué Chiquito es el Mundo from the portfolio Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date	1942, printed 1979
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 18.6 x 24.3 cm; 7 3/10 x 9 3/5 in; sheet: 20.2 x 25.3 cm; 8 x 10 in
Accession Number	982:0060:0015

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Photographs (1977 portfolio): Additional photographs by Álvarez Bravo are located in the 1977 portfolio Photographs (PH-00333).