Lot 71 · Photographies
retrato postumo (portrait posthume/ posthumous portrait), 1939
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- Estimate
- €40,000–€60,000 hammer ≈ $54,600–$81,900
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographies, Paris · 11 November 2011
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4048761
- Record
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, retrato postumo (portrait posthume/ posthumous portrait), 1939. Sotheby's, 11 Nov 2011, lot 71. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4048761.
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, retrato postumo (portrait posthume/ posthumous portrait), 1939. Sotheby's, 11 Nov 2011, lot 71. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4048761.
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|---|---|---|---|
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Los Obstaculos (The Obstacles) | $50,000 | Phillips, Apr 2017 | |
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Los Agachados (The crouched ones) | Phillips, Oct 2017 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | 'el soñador' | Sotheby's, Apr 2007 | ||
| Robert Mapplethorpe | Calla Lily | Christie's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Retrato de lo Eterno (Portrait of the Eternal) | Phillips, Apr 2017 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Fifteen photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 1974 | Christie's, Nov 2013 | ||
| Ansel Adams | ‘Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California’ | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Robert Mapplethorpe | Calla Lilies | Phillips, 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.