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Box of Visions (Caja de visiones)

A work made of gelatin silver print, no. 7 from the portfolio "photographs by manuel alvarez-bravo" (1977).

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print, no. 7 from the portfolio "photographs by manuel alvarez-bravo" (1977).

Date:

1938, printed 1977

Artist:

Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Mexican, 1902–2002

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Manuel Alvarez-Bravo

Title

Box of Visions (Caja de visiones)

Place

Mexico (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1938

Medium

Gelatin silver print, No. 7 from the portfolio "Photographs by Manuel Alvarez-Bravo" (1977)

Edition

5 of 100

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; signed and inscribed verso, lower right, in graphite: "M. AlvarezBravo. / México. / 5/100"

Dimensions

Image: 19 × 23.5 cm (7 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.); Paper: 20.2 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Frederick M. and Elizabeth L. Myers

Reference Number

1979.1408

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