Lot #177: MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO - El Ensueño - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902 - 2002).
Title: "El Ensueño".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1931. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (273 x 219 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition size unspecified, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Very wide margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Provenance: Private collection, Mexico City. Comment(s): The auction record for a silver print of this image according to “Gordon’s” is $262,209 (£126,500) realized at Christie's, London, 11/13/2007, lot #60. The last sale at six figures noted in Gordon’s is $151,790 realized at Christie's, Paris, 11/14/2014, lot #321. Image copyright © Colette Urbajtel / Archivo Manuel Alvarez Bravo, SC. [29576-2-600]