Lot 25
  • 25

Armando Reverón (1889-1954)

Estimate
125,000 - 175,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Armando Reverón
  • Autorretrato
  • signed and dated x38 lower left
  • tempera on paper mounted on board
  • 36 by 23 3/4 in.
  • 91 by 60 cm

Provenance

Acquired from the artist
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Juan Calzadilla, Armando Reverón, Caracas, 1979, p. 182, pl. 211, illustrated in color 
Luís Pérez-Oramas, Reverón: De los prodigios de la luz a los trabajos del arte, Caracas, 1989, p. 60, pl. 23, illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The colors are vibrant. Light wear and creasing are present along all of the extreme edges of the sheet. Scattered isolated areas of fine craquelure are present in the white areas of thick paint application in the lower quadrants of the work, however, the media layer is stable. A horizontal tear measuring five inches in length near the lower edge of the sheet has been repaired, and is stable.
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