Portrait of the Eternal (Retrato de lo eterno)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Manuel Alvarez-Bravo

Title

Portrait of the Eternal (Retrato de lo eterno)

Place

Mexico (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1935

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

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

Dimensions

Image/paper: 24.5 × 19.5 cm (9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Mount: 41.1 × 33.9 cm (16 3/16 × 13 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Helen Harvey Mills

Reference Number

1975.312

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