The Crouched Ones

Artist Manuel Álvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902 - 2002)

Date1934; printed ca. 1980

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (18.42 x 23.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.2578

InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Back of Print

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DescriptionImage of the backs of five fivgures seated at a counter on bar stools. A shadow from the top of the building obscures the figures heads and their bodies are only visible from the shoulders down.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Masters of 20th-Century Photography from the Hallmark Collection. Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, IA, May 2 - June 13, 1982, no cat.

New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 – May 1, 1983, unnunmbered.

Treasures of Mexico in Kansas City. Consulate of Mexico, Kansas City, MO, 4 May – 8 July 2012, no cat.

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