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A black and white photograph of a woman shown from calves down, standing in a threshold barefoo…
El umbral
A black and white photograph of a woman shown from calves down, standing in a threshold barefoo…
A black and white photograph of a woman shown from calves down, standing in a threshold barefoot with puddles of water around her.
El umbral, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 1947, gelatin silver print, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © Colette Urbajtel.

El umbral

Artist (Mexican, 1902 - 2002)
Date1947
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Matted: 17 × 14 inches (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
Portfolio/Series"Photographs by Manuel Alvarez-Bravo" portfolio
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Oxnard Jr.
Object number2004.13.3.14
On View
Not on view
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