Artist
Manuel Álvarez Bravo(Mexican, 1902–2002)Mexican, 1902–2002
CultureMexican
Titles
- Frida Kahlo
Date1930s
Place depictedPuento De Alvarado, Mexico
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 7 5/16 in. (24.4 × 18.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 7 15/16 in. (25.4 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 7 15/16 in. (25.4 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Coneway Family Foundation
Object number89.305
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Graphic Art from Mexico," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 17, 1995–February 25, 1996.
"Manuel Alvarez Bravo," Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 19–May 18, 1997; Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, June 12–September 14, 1997; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas, October 9, 1997–January 11, 1998; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, February 9–May 10, 1998.
"Famous/Infamous: Images of Celebrity from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, October 23–December 9, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left corner in pencil " ( c ) 552 "
verso lower right in pencil " M. Alvarez Bravo. / Mexico. "
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Manuel Álvarez Bravo
1929, printed 1974
Gelatin silver print
87.123.2