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Lot 92
  • 92

Diego Rivera (1886-1957)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Diego Rivera
  • Paisaje (estudio para cuadro)
  • signed and dated 34 lower left
  • watercolor and graphite on rice paper
  • 17 1/2 by 24 in.
  • 44.5 by 60.9 cm

Provenance

Collection of Frida Kahlo de Rivera, Mexico
Private Collection, Chicago (acquired circa 1970s)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Diego Rivera: 50 Años de Su Labor Artística, México, 1949, illustrated
Lolo de la Torriente, Memoria y Razón de Diego Rivera, México, 1959, p. 233, illustrated
Instituto Nacionál de Bellas Artes, Diego Rivera Catálago General de Obra de Caballete y Dibujos, no. 1102, p. 146, illustrated

Condition

The upper corners of the paper are hinged to the mat by tape on the reverse. There is scattered foxing throughout the upper areas of the sky and the upper right areas of the field. There are pin holes present along all four corners and all four edges of the paper. Overall, the work is in very good condition.
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