Ventana a los magueyes (Window on the Agaves)

© Colette Urbajtel/Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, SC.

Ventana a los magueyes (Window on the Agaves)

Currently not on view

Ventana a los magueyes (Window on the Agaves),

1976, printed 1979

Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 1902–2002; born and died Mexico City, Mexico
Published by Acorn Editions Limited
x1980-29

Information

Title
Ventana a los magueyes (Window on the Agaves)
Dates

1976, printed 1979

Maker
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Published by Acorn Editions Limited
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 18.3 x 23.3 cm. (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.) sheet: 20.1 x 25.3 cm. (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martin Puris
Object Number
x1980-29
Place Made

North America, Mexico

Signatures
Signed, inscribed, and dated in graphite, verso lower right: M. Alvarez Bravo | Mexico. 1976.
Culture
Mexican
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
plants, windows, houses

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

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