Claudio Bravo (1936 - 2011)

Galería Luis Pérez, Santa Fé de Bogotá
Sale: Christie's, New York, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, and Colonial Work of Art, November 24, 1997, lot 51, illustrated in color
Acquired from the above
Thence by descent

Edward Sullivan, Claudio Bravo, New York, 1985, p. 26, illustrated in color
Paul Bowles and Mario Vargas-Llosa, Claudio Bravo: Paintings and Drawings, New York, 1997, p. 132, illustrated in color

This work is still stretched on its original stretcher. In the center of the work in the dark trees there are three or four tiny spots that may correspond to unrestored paint losses. This work can be hung in its current condition. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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