Lot 42
  • 42

Maruja Mallo

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Maruja Mallo
  • ANTRO DE FÓSILES
  • signé Maruja Mallo et daté 1930 (en haut à droite)
  • huile sur toile
  • 135 x 194 cm ; 53 1/8 x 76 3/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Pierre, Paris
Collection particulière, France

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Pierre, Maruja Mallo, 1932

Literature

Eduardo Westerdahl, "Maruja Mallo. La constante dramática de su pintura", in Gaceta de Arte, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Juillet 1933, no. 17, reproduit p. 1
Orlando Ferrer, "Maruja Mallo", in Grafos, nº 16, vol. 2, La Havane, Août 1934, reproduit
Ramón Gómez de la Serna (coll.), "Maruja Mallo.1928- 1942", Buenos Aires, 1942, no. XVII, reproduit

 

Condition

The canvas is not lined. The only evidence of retouching is one tiny 1.5 x 1 cm spot towards the lower section of the right edge. Otherwise this work is in very good original condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed 'Maruja Mallo' and dated '1930' (upper right), oil on canvas. Painted in 1930.