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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08115 · 11 October 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3304462
- Record
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 'el ensueño'. Sotheby's, 11 Oct 2005, lot 59. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3304462.
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 'el ensueño'. Sotheby's, 11 Oct 2005, lot 59. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3304462.
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From the same sale Sotheby's N08115 · Oct 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geronimo | Edward S. Curtis | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| 'Traffic Worm' | Gabriel Orozco | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| 'Devil's Slide, San Mateo County, California' (from sequence 'Song Wi… | Minor White | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Untitled | Henry Wessel, Jr. | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| 'Transmutation 8, Tentations de Saint-Antoine' | Brassaï | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Gargoyles, Notre Dame, Paris | Josef Breitenbach | $5,000–$7,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Dos Pares de Piernas (Two Pairs of Legs), 1928-1929 | $5,077 est. | Finarte, Apr 2026 | |
| 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 | Gorrión, claro (Sparrow, Skylight) | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2025 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Ensayo de Danza (dance rehearsal), Mexico | Phillips, Jun 2019 |
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.