Lot 22
  • 22

Buenaventura José Guiol (18th Century)

Estimate
100,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Buenaventura José Guiol
  • De Español e India nace Mestiza and De Español y Castiza nace Española: a pair of casta paintings 
  • signed lower left 
  • oil on canvas 
  • each: 28 1/4 by 20 in.
  • 72 by 51 cm
  • Painted circa 1770-80.

Provenance

Felipe Siegel, Mexico City
Acquired from the above by the present owner 

Exhibited

Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, 1989; Mexico City, Museo Franz Mayer, May 3-June 30, 1990, Las Castas Mexicanas: Un género pictórico americano 

Literature

Maria José Rodilla, "Un Quevedo en Nueva España Satiriza las Castas," Artes de México: Las Pinturas de Castas, ed. 8, 1990, p. 42-43, illustrated in color 
Ilona Katzew, Casta Painting: Images of Race in 18th-Century Mexico, New Haven, 2004, no. 44-45, p. 28-29, illustrated in color 

Condition

De Español e India nace Mestiza: Bueno en general. Restaurado. Presenta intervenciones en zona de caras y manos. Ligera craqueladura. Restauración visible en zona superior izquierda y ligero rayón en zona inferior izquierda. Reentelado. De Español y Castiza nace Española: Bueno en general. Restaurado. Presenta intervenciones en zona de caras y manos. Ligera craqueladura. Reentelado.
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Catalogue Note

These works are part of the National Heritage of Mexico and cannot be permanently exported from the country. Accordingly, they are offered for sale in New York from the catalogue and will not be available in New York for inspection or delivery. The works will be released to the purchaser in Mexico in compliance with all local requirements. Prospective buyers may contact Sotheby’s representatives in Mexico City and Monterrey for an appointment to view these works.