Lot 167
  • 167

David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974)

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • David Alfaro Siqueiros
  • Six-panel screen painted on both sides
  • signed left panel; also signed on the reverse

  • 14 1/8 by 31 1/8 in. (36 by 79.1 cm) overall
  • 14 1/8 by 5 1/4 in. (36 by 13.2 cm) each panel
pyroxilin on wood panel

Provenance

Private Collection, Mexico City (acquired from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

The painting has tiny losses of paint on the sixth panel, on the lower edge of the fourth panel and on the upper right edge. The work is in excellent condition and under ultraviolet light appears to have no inpainting or restoration.
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