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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Photographs, New York · 12 October 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-202161
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Fruta prohibida (Forbidden fruit). Phillips, 12 Oct 2022, lot 141. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-202161.
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Fruta prohibida (Forbidden fruit). Phillips, 12 Oct 2022, lot 141. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-202161.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Country Store and Gas Station, Alabama | Walker Evans | $60,000–$80,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | La buena fama durmiendo, 1938-1939 | $6,048 | Christie's, Apr 2022 | |
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Four Photographs including: Enterramiento en Metepec (Burial | Bonhams, Jun 2026 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Retrato Póstumo, Guanajuato | Phillips, Oct 2024 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Retrato de lo Eterno (Portrait of the Eternal) | Sotheby's, Apr 2024 | ||
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| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Parábola Óptica (Optical Parable), Mexico | Phillips, Apr 2017 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Los Agachados (The Crouched Ones) | Phillips, Oct 2025 | ||
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