A Fish Called Saw (Un Pez que llaman Sierra)

Photography and Media

1942, printed 1977

Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Mexican, 1902–2002

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Manuel Alvarez-Bravo
Title: A Fish Called Saw (Un Pez que llaman Sierra)
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 1942
Medium: Gelatin silver print, No. 11 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: 24.1 × 17.4 cm (9 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Frederick M. and Elizabeth L. Myers
Reference Number: 1981.624

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