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Diego Rivera (1886-1957)

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Diego Rivera
  • Tehuana vendiendo piñas
  • signed and dated 35 lower right
  • 15 5/8 by 11 1/8 in.
  • (39.6 by 28.2 cm)
watercolor on rice paper laid down on paper

Provenance

Frida Kahlo, Mexico City
Galería de Arte Misrachi, Mexico City
Hans Teichert, Chicago (1951)
Hammer Galleries, New York
Sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, Important Mexican, Post-Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, May 8, 1972, lot 37, illustrated
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Art, November 20, 2001, lot 26, illustrated in color
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Xavier Icaza, "Anticipo a 'El México de Diego'," México en el Arte, No. 1, July, 1948, illustrated
Samuel Ramos, Diego Rivera Acuarelas, 1935-45, Colección Frida Kahlo, Mexico City, 1948, Editorial Atlante, no. 12, illustrated
Diego Rivera: 50 años de su labor artística, Exposición de Homenaje Nacional, Mexico City, 1951, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, p. 180, illustrated in color
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Diego Rivera, Catálogo General de Obra de Caballete, Mexico City, 1989, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Dirección General de Publicaciones, p. 157, no. 1191, illustrated

Condition

The rice papr is mounted to a sheet of paper. There are pinholes in all four corners of the rice paper. The colors are bright and vibrant and overall this piece is in excellent condition.
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