MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO (1902-2002) Platinum Portfolio. Complete with 10 photographs. Platinum prints, the images measuring 4 3/4x6 1/8 to 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (12.1x15.6 to 19.1x24.1 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets 10x12 inches (25.4x30.5 cm.), and slightly smaller, each with Bravo's signature and all but one with the notation México, in pencil, on recto; individually matted, each with a portfolio label with the print and set numbers, on mat verso. Folio-sized natural linen clamshell box with patterned paper and a title label; the colophon with an introduction by Jain Kelly and the edition number "five." ONE OF AN EDITION OF 25 PLUS 5 ARTIST'S PROOFS. Witkin-Berley, 1927-74; printed 1981
Caballito de Carro de Helados, 1928 (Little Horse on the Ice Cream Cart) * Calabaza y Caracol, 1929 (Squash and Snail) * Niño Orinando, 1927 (Urinating Child) * La Hija de los Danzantes, 1933 (The Daughter of the Dancers) * Niño Maya de Tulum, 1942 (Mayan Child of Tulum) * Retrato Póstumo, 1935 (Posthumous Portrait) * Retrato de lo Eterno, 1935 (Portrait of the Eternal) * El Tabaco, 1932 (The Tobacco) * Fin de Tianguis, 1931 (End of Market Day) * Montaña Negra, Nube Blanca, 1974 (Black Mountain, White Cloud).
