Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Masterworks of Mexican Modernism: Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
José Clemente Orozco
La conquista
Auction Closed
May 17, 10:38 PM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Masterworks of Mexican Modernism: Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
José Clemente Orozco
1883 - 1949
La conquista
signed J.C. Orozco (lower right)
oil on canvas
35⅞ by 27⅝ in.
91 by 70.2 cm.
Executed circa 1942.
Galerías Iturbide, Mexico City
Acquired from the above in 1969 by the present owner
Acquired from the above in 1969 by the present owner
Mexico City, Palacio de Bellas Artes; Moscow, Pushkin Museum; St. Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum; East Berlin, Nationalgalerie; Halle, Kunstmuseum Moritzburg; Krakow, Muzeum Narodowe; Vienna, Museum moderner Kunst, Palais Liechtenstein; Oxford, Museum of Modern Art; West Berlin, Orangerie Schloss Charlottenburg; Siena, Palazzo Publico, Homenaje a José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949), 1979-1981, no. 288, illustrated in color (titled Hernán Cortés)
Nagoya City Art Museum; Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art and Fukuoka City Art Museum, Renacimiento en el Arte Mexicano: Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros, 1989, n.n.
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey; Guadalajara, Instituto Cultural Cabañas and Mexico City, Antiguo Colegio de San Idelfonso, Jalisco: Genia y maestría, 1994-1995, no. 131, illustrated in color
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Ottowa, Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada, Mexican Modern Art, 1900-1950, 1999-2000, n.n.
Guadalajara, Instituto Cultural Cabañas and Mexico City, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, José Clemente Orozco: Pintura y verdad, 2010-2011, no. 258, illustrated in color
Nagoya City Art Museum; Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art and Fukuoka City Art Museum, Renacimiento en el Arte Mexicano: Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros, 1989, n.n.
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey; Guadalajara, Instituto Cultural Cabañas and Mexico City, Antiguo Colegio de San Idelfonso, Jalisco: Genia y maestría, 1994-1995, no. 131, illustrated in color
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Ottowa, Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada, Mexican Modern Art, 1900-1950, 1999-2000, n.n.
Guadalajara, Instituto Cultural Cabañas and Mexico City, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, José Clemente Orozco: Pintura y verdad, 2010-2011, no. 258, illustrated in color
This painting is part of the National Heritage of Mexico and cannot be permanently exported from the country. Accordingly, it is offered for sale in New York from the catalogue and will not be available in New York for inspection or delivery. The painting 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 the work.