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La Buena Fama Durmiendo

La Buena Fama Durmiendo

© Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, S.C.

La Buena Fama Durmiendo
La Buena Fama Durmiendo
ArtistMexican, 1902–2002
CultureMexican
Titles
  • La Buena Fama Durmiendo
  • The Good Reputation Sleeping
Date1938–1939
Place depictedMexico City, Mexico
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 7/8 × 9 3/8 in. (17.5 × 23.9 cm)
 Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mike and Mickey Marvins
Object number2014.929
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceMichael Marvins and Michele Marvins, Houston; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in graphite on verso: M. Alvarez Bravo (per Marvins appraisal)

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cropped recto of mount
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1972
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cropped recto of mount
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1957, printed 1974
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90.298
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1978
Gelatin silver print
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1980, printed 1980s
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90.296
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1951, printed 1980s
Gelatin silver print
90.295
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Victima del salaria minima (or, Obrero en huelga, asesinado)
1934
Gelatin silver print
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