
El ensueño (Daydreaming), Mexico
A nude woman lies draped across a flat surface, her body languid and still in a state of peaceful reverie. Manuel Álvarez Bravo's masterful use of light and shadow lends the image a dreamlike, otherworldly quality that blurs the boundary between sleep and waking. The gelatin silver print captures the quiet poetry of the human form that defined Álvarez Bravo's celebrated vision of Mexican surrealism.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print, printed 1970s.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Important Photographs from the Collection of Dr. Anthony Terrana
April 2, 2013
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