The Daydream (El ensueño)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Manuel Alvarez-Bravo

Title

The Daydream (El ensueño)

Place

Mexico (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1931

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: "(c) 376"; signed and inscribed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in graphite: "M. Alvarez Bravo. / México."; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: "El ensuena (The daydream)"

Dimensions

Image: 24 × 18.5 cm (9 1/2 × 7 5/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. William Collins in memory of Solomon B. Smith

Reference Number

1987.204

Extended information about this artwork

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