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Manuel Álvarez Bravo — El ensueño (Daydreaming), Mexico
Manuel Álvarez Bravo

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.

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Important Photographs from the Collection of Dr. Anthony Terrana

April 2, 2013

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Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 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.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, 20th Century, Dreamlike Mood, Mexican Artist, Modernist Photography, Male Artist, Black and White Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, Female Figure, Master Photographer

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