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Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Two Pairs of Legs, ca. 1928-29

Posted on February 15, 2014 //

by Andrea Rosen, Curator of Under the Surface. In Manuel Álvarez Bravo’s Two Pairs of Legs, 1931, a peeling billboard shows only the legs of its fashion models, laying bare the façade beneath. The image appears flat, but the dark windows suggest an unknown private space lurking behind. Álvarez Bravo depicted with sensitive lyricism and rich […]

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