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Huichol Violin (Violín huichol)

A work made of gelatin silver print, no. 2 from the portfolio "manuel alvarez bravo" (1981).

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print, no. 2 from the portfolio "manuel alvarez bravo" (1981).

Date:

1965, 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

Huichol Violin (Violín huichol)

Place

Mexico (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1965

Medium

Gelatin silver print, No. 2 from the portfolio "Manuel Alvarez Bravo" (1981)

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; signed and inscribed verso, lower right, in graphite: "M. AlvarezBravo. / México. / 2"

Dimensions

Image: 17.7 × 23.8 cm (7 × 9 3/8 in.); Paper: 20.2 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Walter Matzner

Reference Number

1979.1388

Extended information about this artwork

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