San José Museum of Art

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Caja de Visiones/Box of Visions: Manuel Álvarez Bravo

  • A black and white photograph of a lady in a dress wearing a sombrero on her back is looking into a circle-shaped hole in a wall. The wall is a checkered pattern with some light damages as if something has scraped it.

    Manuel Álvarez Bravo, La hija de los danzantes/The Daughter of the Dancers, 1933. Silver gelatin print, 9 ¼ x 6 11/16 inches. Collection of Álvarez Urbajtel.

  • A black and white photograph of two figures in mid-stride. They approach one another on an otherwise empty road. The young woman carries a parcel as though making an offering. The man hurries along, propelled forward by his lengthy gait.

    Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Qué chiquito es el mundo/How Small the World Is, 1942. Silver gelatin print, 6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches. Collection of Álvarez Urbajtel

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    This exhibition featured approximately 50 black-and-white photographs produced in Mexico from the 1920s to the 1940s by 20th-century master photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo.

    This exhibition was sponsored by Mrs. Colette Álvarez Urbajtel, SRE (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores), DGAC (Dirección General de Asuntos Culturales), and Consulado General de México San José California.

    Sponsors

    • 66 Telefutura
    • Puro Mexico
    • U14