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Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Two Pairs of Legs

Two Pairs of Legs

1928–29, printed 1977
(Mexican, 1902–2002)
Mexico, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 23.4 x 18.3 cm (9 3/16 x 7 3/16 in.); Paper: 25.4 x 20.2 cm (10 x 7 15/16 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stumberg 1985.220.10
© Colette Urbajtel/ Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, S.C
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Manuel Alvarez Bravo encouraged viewers to discover their own meanings in his pictures.

Description

Manuel Álvarez Bravo captured unusual scenes of everyday life in his home country of Mexico. In this photograph, he focuses on isolated fragments of urban iconography through storefronts and billboards.
  • Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stumberg
    August 6, 1986
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 84
  • Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
  • {{cite web|title=Two Pairs of Legs|url=false|author=Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Acorn Editions Limited|year=1928–29, printed 1977|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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