Lot 77
  • 77

Anonymous, Mexican (19th Century)

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Anonymous, Mexican
  • Fusilamiento en Orizaba
  • watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on paper canvas
  • 27 1/4 by 40 1/2 in.
  • 69.2 by 103 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Madrid

Condition

The work was examined under glass. There are extensive creases throughout the paper. The paper is slightly rippled. Near the upper left corner there is an inch and a half tear as well as a roughly inch long vertical tear on the far right side of the lower edge. There are possible water stains in the central part of the upper edge and a possible stain in the center part of the lower half of the canvas where the execution is taking place.
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