Lot #655: MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO - Trabajadores del Fuego - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902 - 2002).
Title: "Trabajadores del Fuego".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1935. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 7 3/4 x 6 3/16 in. (197 x 157 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. 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, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Comment(s): According to “Gordon’s Photography Prices” a silver print of this very rare image last sold for $7,200 at Phillips, New York, 10/18/2006, lot #95. Image copyright © Colette Urbajtel / Archivo Manuel Alvarez Bravo, SC. [29775-2-400-NA]