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The Man from Papantla (Señor de Papantla)

A work made of gelatin silver print, no. 8 from the portfolio "photographs by manuel alvarez-bravo" (1977).

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print, no. 8 from the portfolio "photographs by manuel alvarez-bravo" (1977).

Date:

1934, 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

The Man from Papantla (Señor de Papantla)

Place

Mexico (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1934

Medium

Gelatin silver print, No. 8 from the portfolio "Photographs by Manuel Alvarez-Bravo" (1977)

Edition

5 of 100

Inscriptions

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

Dimensions

Image: 23.6 × 18.2 cm (9 5/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Paper: 25.4 × 20.2 cm (10 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Frederick M. and Elizabeth L. Myers

Reference Number

1981.621

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