Lot 14 · The Producer's Pix: Photographs from the Collection of Bruce Berman
El Pez Grande Se Come a Los Chicos (The big fish eats the little ones)
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- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — The Producer's Pix: Photographs from the Collection of Bruce Berman, Los Angeles · 15 December 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1030004
- Record
- first seen 22 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, El Pez Grande Se Come a Los Chicos (The big fish eats the little ones). Bonhams, 15 Dec 2017, lot 14. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1030004.
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, El Pez Grande Se Come a Los Chicos (The big fish eats the little ones). Bonhams, 15 Dec 2017, lot 14. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1030004.
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From the same sale The Producer's Pix: Photographs from the Collection of Bruce Berman · Dec 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled, from "The New Orleans Project" | William Eggleston | $1,500–$2,000 | |
| Red Trailer, Livingston, Alabama | William Christenberry | $2,500–$3,500 | |
| Waiting in Line #17 | Anthony Hernandez | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Sistema Nervioso del Gran Simpatico | Manuel Alvarez Bravo | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Untitled (Spring and Winter) from the series "Whispering Pines" 3 | Birney Imes | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Map of the United States on a Classroom Floor in Bula, Western Texas | Steve Fitch | $1,200–$1,800 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Striking Worker, Assassinated | Phillips, Jan 2023 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Parábola Óptica (Optical Parable), Mexico | Phillips, Apr 2017 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Tina Modotti, circa 1920s | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2025 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | La buena fama durmiendo, 1938 | Christie's, Nov 2018 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | La Buena Fama Durmiendo (The Good Reputation Sleeping) | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2025 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Ensayo de Danza (dance rehearsal), Mexico | Phillips, Jun 2019 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Gorrión, claro (Sparrow, Skylight) | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2025 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.