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MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO (1902–2002)
La buena fama durmiendo, 1938-1939
gelatin silver print, printed later
signed and annotated in pencil (verso)
image: 7 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (20 x 24.1 cm.)
sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 in. (20 x 25.4 cm.)
Provenance
Lorenzo Hernandez Gallery;
acquired from the above from the present owner, 1998.
Literature
Nissan N. Perez and Ian Jeffrey, Dreams – Visions – Metaphors, the Photographs of Manuel Alvarez Bravo, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1983, pl. 21.
Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Revelacione: The Art of Manuel Alvarez Bravo, The University of Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1990, pl. 21 p. 79.
Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1997, p. 123.
Carlos Monsivais and Paz Octavio, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 100 Years, 100 Days, Turner Publicaciones, Madrid, 2001, pl. 48.
Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Photographs from The J. Paul Getty Museum, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2001, cover and pl. 27, p. 57.
Carlos Fuentes et al., Nudes: The Blue House, The Photographs of Manuel Alvarez Bravo, D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., New York, 2002, p. 45.
Banville Alvarez Urbajtel et al., Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Photopoetry, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 2008, p.141.
Paul-Henri Giraud et al., Manuel Alvarez Bravo: L’impalpable et l’imaginaire, Editions de la Martiniere, Paris, 2012, p. 167.
Laura Gonzalez Flores et. al., Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Hazan Editions, Paris, 2012, pl. 109, p. 215.
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