How Small the World is (Qué chiquito es el mundo)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Manuel Alvarez-Bravo

Title

How Small the World is (Qué chiquito es el mundo)

Place

Mexico (Artist's nationality:)

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1942

Medium

Gelatin silver print, No. 15 from the portfolio "Manuel Alvarez Bravo" (1981)

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; signed and inscribed verso, lower right, in graphite: "M. AlvarezBravo. / México. / 15"

Dimensions

Image: 18.6 × 24.3 cm (7 3/8 × 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 20.2 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Walter Matzner

Reference Number

1979.1401

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