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Series Title: Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Fifteen Photographs

El eclipse

1933, printed 1974

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

(Mexican, 1902–2002)
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Culture
Mexico
Medium
gelatin silver print
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Monah L. Gettner 2023.197.6
Edition
Edition of 75 with 15 artist's proofs
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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It is the artist’s personal outlook and cultural heritage that unify the disparate subjects photographed by Manuel Alvarez Bravo.

Description

Manuel Alvarez Bravo sought to represent the viewpoint of Mexico’s Indigenous cultural heritage and its peasants as he chronicled their encounter with the country’s rapid modernization. His work is often considered Surrealist, but he never formally identified with that art movement. The odd juxtapositions, occasional humor, and quixotic viewpoint of his images may derive from growing up in a culture that contains both Indigenous and European traditions.
A horizontally oriented black-and-white photograph depicts a woman with a medium skin tone hanging laundry. To our left, a wooden window sits in a wall. White sheets drape over a clothesline stretching across the scene. The woman stands behind the line, holding a translucent black cloth toward our top right. Her head is tilted back, face partially obscured. She has dark hair pulled back. Strong sunlight casts sharp shadows across the textiles.

El eclipse

1933, printed 1974

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

(Mexican, 1902–2002)
Mexico

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