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Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 30, 2026$1,280 ≈ £956 ≈ €1,115Sign up free to see price
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Los Obstaculos (The Obstacles)
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902–2002) · 1929
$50,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £40,196≈ €46,944
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in pencil on the mount
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 7 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (18.6 x 24 cm )
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040117)
- Date
- April 4, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 244
- Estimate
- $40,000 – $60,000 (≈ £32,157 – £48,235) (≈ €37,555 – €56,333)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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