Artist
Manuel Álvarez Bravo(Mexican, 1902–2002)Mexican, 1902–2002
CultureMexican
Titles
- Paràbola òptica
- Optical Parable
- from the portfolio Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1974
Date1931, printed 1974
Place depictedMexico
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/4 × 7 1/16 in. (23.5 × 17.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 1/16 in. (23.5 × 17.9 cm)
Mount: 19 11/16 × 14 3/4 in. (50 × 37.5 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 1/16 in. (23.5 × 17.9 cm)
Mount: 19 11/16 × 14 3/4 in. (50 × 37.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Lynch Foundation
Object number87.123.1
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited Photographic Masterworks: Recent Acquisitions from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Glassell School January 23 - March 4, 1990
Exhibited in "The Eyes Have It", December 12, 1994 through February 26, 1995
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image on mount in pencil " 44/75 "
bottom right below image on mount in pencil " M. Alvarez Bravo "
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