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Los agachados (The Crouched Ones),
1932–34, printed 1974

Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 1902–2002; born Mexico City, Mexico; died Mexico City; active Mexico City
Published by Double Elephant Press

x1991-257.8

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Title

Los agachados (The Crouched Ones)

Dates

1932–34, printed 1974

Maker

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

18.5 × 24.2 cm (7 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.) mount: 37.5 x 50.3 cm (14 3/4 x 19 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Levine

Object Number

x1991-257.8

Place Made

North America, Mexico

Signatures

Signed in graphite, lower right: M. Alvarez Bravo.

Inscription

in graphite, lower left: 42/75 in graphite, verso, lower right: 11 [portfolio number]

Culture

Mexican

Type

photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs

Techniques

gelatin silver process, mounting

Subject

men, diners, shadows, stools, figures (representations)

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Levine, New York, NY (by 1991); gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1991," <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University </em>51, no. 1 (1992): p. 22-78., p. 61

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Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002; born Mexico City, Mexico; died Mexico City; active Mexico City), Published by Double Elephant Press, Los agachados (The Crouched Ones), 1932–34, printed 1974. Gelatin silver print; 18.5 × 24.2 cm. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Levine (x1991-257.8) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/17863

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