Ricardo Martínez

Pareja Antigua

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection

Ricardo Martínez

1918 - 2009

Pareja Antigua

signed and dated 68 (lower right)

oil on canvas

79 ¼ by 69 in.

201.3 by 175.3 cm.

Executed in 1968.

We wish to thank the Fundación Ricardo Martínez for their kind assistance in confirming the authenticity of this lot.

Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist)

Christie's New York, 18 May 1992, lot 14 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Berta Taracena, “Arte. Valores de asociación,” Tiempo, March 1969, p. 58

Toby Joysmith, “Mute Monumentality,” The News, December 1974

Mariana Frenk, "Como la vida misma", Mundo médico, vol. III, issue 33, June 1976, p. 48

“Ricardo Martínez,” Vanidades, April 1978, pp. 31-33

Carlos Fuentes, La cabeza de la hidra, Mexico City 1978, illustrated in color on the cover

Luis Cardoza y Aragón, Ricardo Martínez, Mexico City 1981, no. 33, n.p., illustrated in color

Pedro Martínez Osorio, "Inundación cromática. Ricardo Martínez," Horizonte, May 1989, p. 9

Exh. Cat., Mexico City, Museo Palacio de Bellas Artes, Ricardo Martínez: Desde El Interior, November 2018 - February 2019, p. 134, illustrated in color

Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bosque de Chapultepec, Pintura de Ricardo Martínez, February - April 1969, no. 36, n.p., illustrated