Ángel Zárraga (1886-1946)

Guillermo Zárraga (brother of the artist)
Ricardo Cuéllar, Mexico City
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Art, November 20, 1990, lot 144, illustrated in color
Private Collection, Mexico City 

Grupo Financiero BITAL, Zárraga, Mexico, 1997, p. 79, illustrated in color
Miguel Ángel Echegaray, Víctor M. Ruíz Naufal, Fernando Zárraga Gysi, et al., Ángel Zárraga, Primer Realista Mexicano del Siglo XX, Mexico, 2006, p. 61, illustrated

This work is lined using wax as an adhesive. The paint layer is still dirty. The varnish is dull. It does not appear that there have been any damages to the surface of any note. There are a few isolated retouches across the center, addressing some cracking. There are also retouches within the large shell on the table; it is unclear exactly what these retouches address. If the lining were changed and the work properly cleaned, most of these retouches probably would not be necessary, and the work would improve greatly. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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