As of Sep 08, 2025

Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Lot 73283

Parabola Optica, 1931

Platinum print

9,8 x 7,5 in (24.8 x 19.1 cm)

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Lot 73283

Parabola Optica, 1931

Platinum print

9,8 x 7,5 in (24.8 x 19.1 cm)

Estimate: US$ 3,000 - 5,000

€ 2,600 - 4,300

Auction: 21 days

Heritage Auctions

City: Dallas, TX

Auction: Oct 03, 2025

Auction number: 8220

Auction name: Photographs Signature® Auction

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Lot Details

Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902-2002) Parábola Optica, 1931 Platinum print on Rives BFK paper 9-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches (24.8 x 19.1 cm) (image) 12-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches (sheet) Signed in pencil, lower margin recto. Titled, dated, and inscribed in pencil in an unknown hand, verso. PROVENANCE: Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Santa Monica; Private collection, Soho, New York. LITERATURE: J. Livingston, M. Alvarez Bravo, Godine/ The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, pl. 25 HID12401132022 © 2025 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice

Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Santa Monica

Overall very good condition. Undulations to the edges of the sheet, no extending in to the image. Slight creasing to corner margins. Sheet is cornered to a 20 x 16 inch window mat. Not framed.

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Provenance

Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Santa Monica

Condition

Overall very good condition. Undulations to the edges of the sheet, no extending in to the image. Slight creasing to corner margins. Sheet is cornered to a 20 x 16 inch window mat. Not framed.