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The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate
Escena de Cristo
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October 1, 05:27 PM GMT
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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate
Antonio Ruíz (El Corcito)
1897 - 1964
Escena de Cristo
signed Ruíz and dated 20 (lower right); variously inscribed (on the verso)
graphite on paper
10 ⅛ by 13 ½ inches
25.7 by 34.3 cm.
Executed in 1920.
Vilma Ruiz de Barrios, Mexico City
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's New York, 19 November 1991, lot 91 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Olivier Debroise, Georgina Reygadas Dahl, Carlos Alcázar, et al., Antonio Ruiz: El Corcito, Mexico City 1987, no. 94, p. 101, illustrated
Saturnino Herrán Gudiño, Sandro Landucci Lerdo de Tejada, Luisa Barroso Ruiz, et al., Antonio Ruiz: "El Corcito," Mexico City 2001, no. 46, p. 73, illustrated in color
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