Retrato de lo Eterno (Woman Combing Her Hair)

Manuel Alvarez Bravo

1902–2002

Retrato de lo Eterno (Woman Combing Her Hair), 1932–1933

Where object was made: Mexico

Material/technique: gelatin silver print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 23.8 x 18.9 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9 3/8 x 7 7/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Myers

Accession number: 1979.0153

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Archive Label: These photographs are the work of the still-living Mexican artist Manuel Alvarez Bravo. They were selected from the Spencer Museum of Art’s collection of works by the artist which includes both individual photographs and a Manuel Alvarez Bravo Portfolio. Representing six decades of Alvarez Bravo’s active production, the photo-graphs range from formal abstraction to straight-forward representation. In both, the artist captures a sense of place and his own national identity. While the individual photographs not included in the portfolio were printed at various times, those from the port-folio were printed in Mexico City in 1977. Photographs in the portfolio are titled in both Spanish and English, however, they are not necessarily exact translations.