The same photo but printed in a more purplish tone and without the thin white border around it. Monochrome photo of a woman laying on a towel outside alongside strewn cactus pods. She is naked but has bandaged thighs. A thin border is around the print.

Manuel Alvarez Bravo

The Good Reputation Sleeping (La Buena Fama Durmiendo),

Maker

Title

The Good Reputation Sleeping (La Buena Fama Durmiendo)

Medium

silver print

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Plate: 18.9 x 24.6 cm (7 7/16 x 9 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in pencil on verso:M. Alvarez Bravo Mexico

Type

Credit

Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art

Object Number

79.029

The Good Reputation Sleeping (La Buena Fama Durmiendo)

The First America

Selections From the Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Latin American Art: An Exhibition of Works from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Signed in pencil on verso:M. Alvarez Bravo Mexico

Publications

The First America

Selections From the Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Latin American Art: An Exhibition of Works from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

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