Lot 238
  • 238

Alfredo Castañeda (b. 1938)

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alfredo Castañeda
  • El señor de las naranjas
  • signed and dated 71 lower right
  • oil and photograph on wood
  • 31 1/8 by 31 1/8 in.
  • 79 by 79 cm

Provenance

Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
Lambert 910 Gallery, Los Angeles
Private Collection, Beverly Hills
Sale: Christie's, New York, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, May 18, 1994, lot 147, illustrated in color

Exhibited

Los Angeles, Lambert 910 Gallery, Castañeda, October-November 1971, no. 6

Condition

This work is ready to hang. The collage elements are stable as is the paint/media layer overall. A gray, C-shaped scuff mark is present in the lower left quadrant. Vertical accretions are present within the lower white area of the composition; these accretions are also apparent under ultraviolet inspection.
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