Lot #315: MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO - La Buena Fama Durmiendo - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902 - 2002).
Title: "La Buena Fama Durmiendo".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1938. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 3/16 x 8 1/2 in. (233 x 216 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): According to “Gordon’s” the auction record for a silver print of this highly popular image is $50,000 realized at Christie's, New York, 11/13/2007, lot #60. Image copyright © Colette Urbajtel / Archivo Manuel Alvarez Bravo, SC. [29578-2-800]