Start price: € 1,800

Estimate: € 2,800–3,600

Start price: RMB 14,000

Estimate: RMB 22,000–28,000

Size: 24 x 19.4 cm

Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1980s on double-weight semi-matte paper 25.3 x 20.2 cm, in excellent condition. Signed by the photographer in pencil and archive numbers on the reverse.

One of the foremost Latin American photographers of the 20th century, Bravo was a master of capturing everyday life in Mexico. His work is based on a combination of straight modernism and surrealist image concepts, which is excellently demonstrated in his famous work "The Threshold". A steep shooting angle makes water on a stone floor look as if it is flowing over the picture surface; a woman's legs mark a doorstep, which also stands as a metaphor for the "outlook" that photography offers to reality. Prints of this image are held by many major museums as MoMA, Centre Pompidou Paris, Tate London, SFMOMA or Moderna Museet, Stockholm.

明胶银盐照片，1980年代印制，双重重量半哑光纸，尺寸为25.3 x 20.2 cm，状况极佳。摄影师在照片背面用铅笔签名并标注档案编号。作为20世纪最杰出的拉丁美洲摄影师之一，Bravo擅长捕捉墨西哥的日常生活。他的作品融合了直接现代主义和超现实主义的影像概念，这在他著名的作品《门槛》中得到了极好的体现。陡峭的拍摄角度使石地板上的水看起来像是流过画面表面；一名女子的双腿标志着门槛，这也象征着摄影为现实提供的“视角”。这幅影像的印刷品被许多主要博物馆收藏，如MoMA、巴黎蓬皮杜中心、伦敦泰特美术馆、旧金山现代艺术博物馆或斯德哥尔摩现代美术馆。