Lot 31
  • 31

Armando Reverón (1889-1954)

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Armando Reverón
  • Autorretrato con sombrero pumpá
  • signed and dated 48 lower right 
  • charcoal, white chalk and pastel on paper
  • 24 7/8 by 32 3/4 in.
  • 63 by 83 cm

Provenance

Roberto Lucca, Caracas
Private Collection, Caracas
Sale: Christie's, New York, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints, May 18, 1994, lot 13, illustrated in color
Private Collection, Monterrey, Mexico

Exhibited

Caracas, Centro Venezolano Americano, Armando Reverón: Pinturas, November 23-December 10, 1951, no. 47  
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Exposición Restrospectiva de Armando Reverón, July 1955, no. 259, illustrated
Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Obras Maestras de Armando Reverón, August 1979, no. 69, illustrated    
Caracas, Sala de Exposiciones de la Gobernación. Reverón y sus dibujos, September 1979, no. 19                                                                        
Coro, Museo de Arte Coro, Reverón: Retratos, figuras y paisajes del pintor de la luz, July 1989, no. 52 

Literature

Alfredo Boulton, Reverón, Caracas, 1979, p. 179 illustrated      
Juan Calzadilla, Armando  Reverón, Caracas, 1979, p. 407, illustrated           Gastón Diehl, et al. Reverón 18 Testimonios, Caracas, 1979, p. 51, illustrated
John Elderfield,  María Elena Huizi, and Luis Enrique Pérez Oramas, El lugar de los objetos, Caracas, 2001, no. 12, illustrated in color 
Alfredo Boulton, and María Elena Huizi, Armando Reverón: La exposición de 1955, Caracas, 2007, p. 101 illustrated in color

Condition

The sheet has been glued to the mat along the edges and presents some minor warping. Otherwise in very good condition.
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