Object number1978.38.n
Umbral (Threshold)
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the portfolio Photographs by Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Date1947
Artist
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
(Mexican, 1902 - 2002)
Publisher
Acorn Editions, Ltd.
(Geneva, Switzerland )
CultureMexican
MediumGelatin silver print, printed 1977
EditionEdition 27 of 100
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (24.1 x 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Lawrence Goldmantz
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn verso, signed lower right quadrant in pencil: M. Alvarez Bravo
InscribedOn verso, by artist, lower right quadrant in pencil: México; lower right corner: 27/100
BibliographyÁlvarez Bravo, Manuel. Revelaciones: the Art of Manuel Alvarez Bravo. San Diego, CA: Museum of Photographic Arts, 1990, pl. 3; Kismaric, Susan. Manuel Alvarez Bravo. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1997, p.184; Lombino, Mary-Kay. Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 2019, p. 64 Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryShape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 20 - December 15, 2019DescriptionA black and white image of a pair of feet with toes curled and lower legs standing in a doorway with irregularly shaped pools of water on the floor.
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Manuel Álvarez Bravo
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Culture: Mexican
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
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Culture: Mexican
