The Unbandaging (La Desvendada)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Manuel Alvarez-Bravo

Title

The Unbandaging (La Desvendada)

Place

Mexico (Artist's nationality)

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Made 1938

Medium

Palladium print, No. 6 from the portfolio "Ten Nudes (Diez Desnudos)" (1981)

Inscriptions

Signed and inscribed recto, lower right, below image, in graphite: "M. Alvarez Bravo. / México."; unmarked verso

Dimensions

Image: 22.2 × 15.4 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/8 in.); Paper: 30.4 × 25.1 cm (12 × 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of D. Richard Ryan Jr.

Reference Number

1982.1786

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