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Lot 86
  • 86

Roberto Montenegro

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Roberto Montenegro
  • Helena Rubinstein in a Mexican Silver Necklace
  • Signed Montenegro (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 31 1/2 by 27 3/4 in.
  • 80 by 70.5 cm.
  • Painted in 1941.

Provenance

Helena Rubinstein, New York & Paris (acquired directly from the artist)

Exhibited

Boston; Washington D.C.; Cleveland; Portland; San Francisco; Santa Barbara, Modern Mexican Painters, 1941-1942, no. 24
New York, 1976, n.n.
Paris, 1977
London, 1977, no. 13, illustrated in the catalogue
Milan, 1978, no. 15, illustrated in the catalogue
San Antonio, Museum of Art & travelling, Maestros de Plata: William Spratling and the Mexican Silver Renaissance, 2002-04, illustrated in the catalogue p. 12

Condition

This canvas has a wax lining. The picture surface is in generally good condition. Under UV, there are a few small areas of inpainting, namely half way along the top edge and in the right side of the sitters neck. Under UV, there is a large vertical and horizontal repainting at the top of the sitter's hand, possibly to address a previous tear.
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