Raúl Anguiano (1915-2006)

Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
Hubert K. Reese, Memphis, acquired from the above 1949
Sale: Freeman's, Philadelphia, Modern & Contemporary Works of Art, November 4, 2012, lot 77, illustrated in color

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Art Mexicain du Precolombien à nos Jours, May-July 1952, pl. 82, no. 894, illustrated
Stockholm, Liljevalcks Konsthall, Mexikansk Konst: Fran Forntid till nutid, 1952, pl. 48, no. 879, illustrated

"Obras Recientes", Tiempo, October 29, 1948, p. 29, illustrated

There is a varnish visible overall. Craquelure is present throughout and is particularly noticeable throughout the sky. The paint layer is stable overall. The canvas is unlined and well-stretched. Under ultraviolet inspection, a varnish (potentially a masking varnish) is also apparent. A one-inch rectangle of in-painting is present directly above the center of the bottom edge. A one-quarter-of-an-inch border of fluorescing becomes apparent along all edges of the canvas.
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