Lot 153 · Photographs
'la mamá del bolero y el bolero' (mother of the shoeshine boy and the shoeshine boy)
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- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 8 April 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3741348
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 'la mamá del bolero y el bolero' (mother of the shoeshine boy and the shoeshine boy). Sotheby's, 8 Apr 2008, lot 153. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3741348.
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 'la mamá del bolero y el bolero' (mother of the shoeshine boy and the shoeshine boy). Sotheby's, 8 Apr 2008, lot 153. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3741348.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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