http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/browse?tags=P1975.18.4%2F15&output=atom <![CDATA[Blanton Museum of Art Collections]]> 2024-03-28T20:09:28-05:00 Omeka http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/show/2651 <![CDATA[El eclipse or Sábanas [Sheets], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 1974]]> Manuel Álvarez Bravo captured images of everyday life in Mexico City with a keen eye for the ironic and the uncanny. In El eclipse (1933), Álvarez Bravo achieved a dynamic geometry of crisscrossing diagonals. Standing on a shallow corner of a rooftop, a woman is partially concealed by sheets bleaching in the sun and by her dark rebozo, which she presumably holds in front of her face to look at an eclipse. His carefully composed images reveal his modern sense of aesthetics. Regardless of circumstances, Álvarez Bravo presents his subjects with a sense quiet dignity.

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Creator

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Title

El eclipse or Sábanas [Sheets], from Fifteen Photographs by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 1974

Date Created

1933

Spatial Coverage

18.4 cm x 24.2 cm (7 1/4 in. x 9 1/2 in.)

Identifier

P1975.18.4/15

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Description

Manuel Álvarez Bravo captured images of everyday life in Mexico City with a keen eye for the ironic and the uncanny. In El eclipse (1933), Álvarez Bravo achieved a dynamic geometry of crisscrossing diagonals. Standing on a shallow corner of a rooftop, a woman is partially concealed by sheets bleaching in the sun and by her dark rebozo, which she presumably holds in front of her face to look at an eclipse. His carefully composed images reveal his modern sense of aesthetics. Regardless of circumstances, Álvarez Bravo presents his subjects with a sense quiet dignity.

Rights Holder

Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1975

Date

Mexico City, 1902 - 2002, Mexico City

Type

photograph

Has Version

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