Lot 114
  • 114

Diego Rivera (1886-1957)

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Diego Rivera
  • Noche de muertos
  • signed and dated 1938 lower left
  • watercolor on rice paper 
  • 15 1/4 by 11 in.
  • 39 by 30 cm

Provenance

Collection of Hanns Teichert, Chicago, Illinois
Milton Holland Appraisers, Los Angeles, California
Private collection (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent
Sale: Heritage Auctions Texas, Houston, Modern & Contemporary Art, November 14, 2015, Lot 70025, illustrated in color

Exhibited

Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Diego Rivera, 50 años de su labor artística, 1949, no. 347, illustrated

Literature

Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Diego Rivera: Catálogo General de Obra de Caballate, Mexico City, 1989, no. 1456, p. 191, illustrated 

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The colors are vibrant. Artist pinholes are present in the extreme colors. The top corners of the paper are affixed to the mat.
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