The Eclipse
Original Language TitleEl Eclipse
Artist
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
(Mexican, 1902 - 2002)
Date1933
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 7 1/8 inches (23.93 × 18.11 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 inches (25.07 × 20.32 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 inches (25.07 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Collection of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Object number2016.74.17
SignedInitialed on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "MAB"
InscribedOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "El Eclipse. Vertical"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "76";
On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "3 1/4".
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of woman shielding her eyes from the sun as she stands behind a clothesline draped with sheets. She is wearing high heels and her hair is pulled back and pinned up at the nape her neck.ProvenanceWIth Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauer, Newbury Park, CA by 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Colette Urbajtel/Asociación Manuel Álvarez Bravo
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