Sed pública (Public Thirst)

© Colette Urbajtel/Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, SC.

Sed pública (Public Thirst)

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Sed pública (Public Thirst),

1933, printed 1974

Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 1902–2002; born and died Mexico City, Mexico
Published by Double Elephant Press
x1991-257.5

Information

Title
Sed pública (Public Thirst)
Dates

1933, printed 1974

Maker
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Published by Double Elephant Press
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
23.7 × 18.8 cm (9 5/16 × 7 3/8 in.) mount: 50.3 x 37.5 cm (19 13/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Levine
Object Number
x1991-257.5
Place Made

North America, Mexico

Signatures
Signed in graphite, lower right: M. Alvarez Bravo.
Inscription
in graphite, lower left: 42/75 in graphite, verso, lower right: 7 [portfolio number]
Culture
Mexican
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs, gelatin silver prints
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Subject
fountains, rock (inorganic material), boys

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Levine, New York, NY (by 1991); gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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