Retrato de lo eterno (Portrait of the Eternal)

© Colette Urbajtel/Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, SC.

Retrato de lo eterno (Portrait of the Eternal)

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Retrato de lo eterno (Portrait of the Eternal),

1932–33, printed 1977

Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 1902–2002; born and died Mexico City, Mexico
Published by Acorn Editions Limited
x1981-83

Information

Title
Retrato de lo eterno (Portrait of the Eternal)
Dates

1932–33, printed 1977

Maker
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Published by Acorn Editions Limited
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 23.9 x 19 cm. (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 25.3 x 20.2 cm. (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick M. and Elizabeth Myers
Object Number
x1981-83
Place Made

North America, Mexico

Signatures
Signed, inscribed, and numbered in graphite, verso bottom right: M. Alvarez Bravo | Mexico | 4/100
Culture
Mexican
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
combs (grooming tools), portraits, Vanitas, sunlight, shadows, women, figures (representations), mirrors

Frederick M. and Elizabeth Myers, Pittsfield, MA (by 1979); gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

Woman Combing her Hair

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