Lot 86
  • 86

Ricardo Martínez (1918-2009)

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Ricardo Martínez
  • Madre y hijo
  • signed and dated 61 lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 45 1/4 by 33 1/2 in.
  • 115 by 85 cm

Provenance

The Contemporaries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1961

Exhibited

New York, The Contemporaries, Ricardo Martínez, November 1961

Literature

Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Ricardo Martínez, Mexico City, 1965, no. 34

Condition

This work is in generally good condition overall. The canvas is unlined and well-stretched. Very minor craquelure is apparent under raking light in the red zone in the upper right quadrant. Under ultraviolet inspection, fine lines of in-painting are visible in the upper left quadrant and similarly in the lower left edge. An intermittent line of in-painting, approximately eight-inches in length, is present in the upper right quadrant. The paint layer is stable overall.
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