Threshold (Umbral)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Manuel Alvarez-Bravo

Title

Threshold (Umbral)

Place

Mexico (Artist's nationality)

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Made 1947

Medium

Gelatin silver print, No. 14 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: 24.2 × 19.5 cm (9 9/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Frederick M. and Elizabeth L. Myers

Reference Number

1981.627

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