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- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Photographs, New York · 1 April 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-280515
- Record
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Retrato de lo Eterno (Portrait of the Eternal), Mexico. Phillips, 1 Apr 2014, lot 26. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-280515.
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Retrato de lo Eterno (Portrait of the Eternal), Mexico. Phillips, 1 Apr 2014, lot 26. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-280515.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Île de la Cité, Paris | Henri Cartier-bresson | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Acrobat on Ladder, N.Y. | Ilse Bing | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Barbary Castle, Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire | Bill Brandt | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Cabbage Fragment | Edward Weston | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Gloucester 25 | Aaron Siskind | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| From Point Lobos | Edward Weston | $8,000–$12,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Parábola Óptica (Optical Parable), Mexico | $4,375 | Phillips, Apr 2017 | |
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Tina Modotti, circa 1920s | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2025 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Dos Pares de Piernas (Two Pairs of Legs), 1928-1929 | Finarte, Apr 2026 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | La Buena Fama Durmiendo (The Good Reputation Sleeping) | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2025 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Striking Worker, Assassinated | Phillips, Jan 2023 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Fruta Prohibida (Forbidden Fruit) | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2025 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | La buena fama durmiendo, 1938 | Christie's, Nov 2018 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Fruta prohibido, 1976 | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 |
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