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Lengthened Light (Luz restirada)

A work made of gelatin silver print, no. 4 from the portfolio "photographs by manuel alvarez-bravo" (1977).

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print, no. 4 from the portfolio "photographs by manuel alvarez-bravo" (1977).

Date:

1944, 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

Lengthened Light (Luz restirada)

Place

Mexico (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1944

Medium

Gelatin silver print, No. 4 from the portfolio "Photographs by Manuel Alvarez-Bravo" (1977)

Edition

5 of 100

Inscriptions

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

Dimensions

Image: 24.2 × 17.7 cm (9 9/16 × 7 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Frederick M. and Elizabeth L. Myers

Reference Number

1979.1405

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