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Manuel Álvarez Bravo: career timeline

Mexican · 1902–2002 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 79 of 108 lots (73% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Manuel Álvarez Bravo: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1920s85$6.3kSign upPhotograph
1930s5142$7.2kSign upPhotograph
1940s63$1.3kSign upPhotograph
1950s32$1.6kSign upPhotograph
1970s96$3.5kSign upPhotograph
1980s21$1.9kSign upPhotograph

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Enter what you know about a work by Manuel Álvarez Bravo to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1920s 8 works

Sold
5 of 8
Median
$6.3kSign up
Average
$15.7kSign up
Typical size
9 × 7 in (23 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (8)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1930s 51 works

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42 of 51
Median
$7.2kSign up
Average
$10.8kSign up
Typical size
9 × 7.5 in (23 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (51)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (6), Markets & villages (2)
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…and 27 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 6 works

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3 of 6
Median
$1.3kSign up
Average
$1.8kSign up
Typical size
8 × 8.5 in (21 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (6)
Subjects
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1950s 3 works

Sold
2 of 3
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$1.6kSign up
Typical size
9 × 7.5 in (23 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (3)
Subjects
—

1970s 9 works

Sold
6 of 9
Median
$3.5kSign up
Average
$3kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 9.5 in (24 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (9)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (2)

1980s 2 works

Sold
1 of 2
Median
$1.9kSign up
Average
$1.9kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 9.5 in (19 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (2)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

29 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 10 works

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9 of 10
Median
$6.1kSign up
Average
$10.2kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 9.5 in (19 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (8), Other (2)
Subjects
—
Show 4 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 19 works

Sold
14 of 19
Median
$2.9kSign up
Average
$3.2kSign up
Typical size
9 × 7.5 in (23 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (19)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Manuel Álvarez Bravo auction results →