Lot 74
  • 74

Alfredo Castañeda (B. 1938)

Estimate
90,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Alfredo Castañeda
  • Recordatorio para un exilado
  • signed and dated 89 lower right
  • 39 1/2 by 39 1/2 in.
  • (100.3 by 100.3 cm)
oil on canvas

Provenance

Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York
Private Collection, New York
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Art, May 31-June 1, 2000, lot 154, illustrated in color

Exhibited

New York, Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, Alfredo Castañeda from the Circle of Eden, May 5-27, 1989, no. 5
New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, Latin Viewpoint into the Mainstream, August 17-November 3, 1996, p. 27, n.n., illustrated in color

Literature

Phyllis Braff, "In a Round Breath and Depth," New York Times, September 22, 1996, p. C16

Condition

The canvas is unlined and well stretched. There are a few small spots of inpainting in the water (four on the left, one 1 in. line in the center, two in the lower right corner and one at the center right). There is minor craquelure around these areas. Overall in very good condition.
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