La visita (The Visit)

© Colette Urbajtel/Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, SC.

La visita (The Visit)

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La visita (The Visit),

1935, printed 1979

Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 1902–2002; born and died Mexico City, Mexico
Published by Acorn Editions Limited
x1980-31

Information

Title
La visita (The Visit)
Dates

1935, printed 1979

Maker
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Published by Acorn Editions Limited
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16.6 x 23.5 cm. (6 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.) sheet: 20.1 x 25.3 cm. (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martin Puris
Object Number
x1980-31
Place Made

North America, Mexico

Signatures
Signed, inscribed, and dated in graphite, verso lower right: M. Alvarez Bravo | Mexico. 1935
Culture
Mexican
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
saints, rooms, churches, sculptures, figures (representations)

Martin Puris, New York, NY (by 1980); gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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