Lot #3186: MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO - Un Pez Se Llaman Sierra - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902 - 2002).
Title: "Un Pez Se Llaman Sierra".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1944. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 7 7/8 x 5 13/16 in. (200 x 148 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $300
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $400/500
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition size unspecified, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Wide margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Provenance: Private collection, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Comment(s): According to “Gordon’s Photography Prices” the auction record for a silver print of this image is $14,400 realized at Swann Auction Galleries, 2/19/2009, lot #61. Image copyright © Colette Urbajtel / Archivo Manuel Alvarez Bravo, SC. [29772-2-300-NA]