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- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographs , New York · 25 May 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6064806
- Record
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, La Buena Fama Durmiendo. Christie's, 25 May 1999, lot 69. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6064806.
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, La Buena Fama Durmiendo. Christie's, 25 May 1999, lot 69. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6064806.
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From the same sale Photographs · May 1999
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camera Work , Numbers 34/35, April-July, 1911 | ALFRED STIEGLITZ, Editor and Publisher | $1,500–$2,000 | |
| Berenice Abbott | Motion Study | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Nude | JOHN RAWLINGS | $1,500–$2,000 | |
| Tree Shadows | CORNEL SOMOGYI | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| Selected Depression-era images | VARIOUS F.S.A. PHOTOGRAPHERS | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Five Projects | WOLFGANG VOLZ & CHRISTO | $3,000–$5,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Frida Kahlo | $9,900 | Rago, Dec 2025 | |
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | La Buena Fama Durmiendo (The Good Reputation Sleeping) | Phillips, Apr 2019 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Gorrión, claro (Sparrow, Skylight) | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2025 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | nieves, cuaderno de la mañana, circa 1940 | Sotheby's, Feb 2018 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Selected Images | Phillips, Apr 2023 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo: A Portfolio | Bonhams, Apr 2024 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Pescadores de Mariposas, 1937-1938 | Christie's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Frida Kahlo with Globe (in Manuel Alvarez Bravo's studio) | Bonhams, Oct 2025 |
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