Lot #2067: MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO - Escala de Escalas - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902 - 2002).
Title: "Escala de Escalas".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1931. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (276 x 197 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $600/800
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition size unspecified, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Ample 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, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Comment(s): Very rare. The auction record (according to “Gordon’s”) for a silver print of this image is $44,230 (€40,950) at Calmels-Cohen, Paris, 4/15/2003, lot #5047. Image copyright © Colette Urbajtel / Archivo Manuel Alvarez Bravo, SC. [29583-2-400-NA]