Lot 55
  • 55

Juan O'Gorman (1905 - 1982)

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Juan O'Gorman
  • Paisaje del Estado de Michoacán
  • signed and dated 1966 lower left
  • tempera on panel

  • 9 3/8 by 14 3/8 in.
  • 24 by 36 1/2 in.

Provenance

Montiel Saucedo Collection, Mexico
Manuel Macias G, Mexico City
Acquired from the above by the present owner (2003)

Exhibited

Mexico City, Museo de Historia Natural, Paisaje del Estado de Michoacán, México: Una Visión de su paisaje, 1995
Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution Traveling exhibition service / Mexican Cultural Institute; Tampa, Tampa Museum of Art; Worcester, Worcester Art Museum; Austin, Laguna Gloria Art Museum; Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art; Memphis, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; Tucson, Tucson Museum of Art, Monterrey, Museo de Historia Mexicana, México: A Landscape Revisited, August 30, 1994-March 30, 1996
Monterrey, Museo de Historia Mexicana, Dibujos y Estudios Preparatorios de Juan O'Gorman, Septemeber 24-November 23, 1997
Aguascalientes, Museo de Arte de Sinaloa, Temples, Dibujos y Estudios Preparatorios, March-April 2001

Literature

O'Gorman, BITAL Grupo Financiero, Mexico City, 1999, p. 258, illustrated in color
Juan O'Gorman, 100 Años: Temples, Dibujos Y Estudios Preparatorios. Consejo Nacional Para La Cultura Y Las Artes, Instituto Nacional De Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 2005, p. 133, illustrated in color

Condition

Please note that the frame is original and painted by the artist. There are 4 very small white spots scattered. Overall, in excellent condition.
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