MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO (1902 2002) Frida Kahlo

Sale 2583 - Lot 84

Price Realized: $ 9,375

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500

MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO (1902-2002)
Frida Kahlo. Silver print, the image measuring 9 1/2x7 1/4 inches (24.1x18.4 cm.), the mount 16x13 1/4 inches (40.6x33.7 cm.), with Bravo's signature and notation México, in pencil, on mount recto, his notation "12 - Frieda [sic] Kahlo," also in pencil, on mount verso, and his later inscription to Evelyne Daitz, also in pencil, on the overmat. 1937; printed 1940s-50s

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From Sotheby's, New York, 1992; to Evelyne Z. Daitz, New York.

Accompanied by a typed note on Witkin Gallery letterhead: "Manuel Alvarez Bravo was at The Witkin Gallery Looked at the Frida Kahlo (with dress) photograph and told EZD that the print was an excellent copy probably printed by him in the 1940s. At the same time, Manuel signed the overmat for Evelyne. As of today, according to M.A.B. the negative for this photograph is lost!"