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Property of a Prestigious Private Collector

Remedios Varo

Esquiador (Viajero)

Auction Closed

May 16, 12:52 AM GMT

Estimate

1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Prestigious Private Collector


Remedios Varo

1908 - 1963


Esquiador (Viajero)

signed R. Varo (lower right)

oil on Masonite

17 ½ by 12 ⅞ in.  

44.4 by 32.7 cm.

Executed in 1960.

Juan Martín, Mexico (acquired directly from the artist)

María Félix, Mexico (acquired from the above by 1964)

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Berger, Mexico (acquired from the above by 1971)

Sergio Montiel, Mexico (acquired from the above)

Isaac Verbitzky, Mexico (acquired from the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Luis Cardoza y Aragón, México: pintura activa, Mexico City, 1961, p. 102, illustrated

Roger Caillois, Juliana González and Octavio Paz, Remedios Varo, Mexico City, 1972, no. 31, n.p., illustrated in color and p. 175

Ricardo Ovalle and Walter Gruen, Remedios Varo: catálogo razonado primera edición, Mexico City, 1994, no. 293, p. 188, illustrated in color and p. 297

Ricardo Ovalle and Walter Gruen, Remedios Varo: catálogo razonado segunda edición ampliada, Mexico City, 1998, no. 293, p. 188, illustrated in color and p. 297

Walter Gruen, Remedios Varo: catálogo cazonado, addenda, Mexico City, 1999, no. 293, p. XIX

Ricardo Ovalle and Walter Gruen, Remedios Varo: catálogo razonado tercera edición, Mexico City, 2002, no. 293, p. 248, illustrated in color and p. 362

Ricardo Ovalle and Walter Gruen, Remedios Varo: catálogo razonado cuarta edición, Mexico City, 2008, no. 293, p. 247, illustrated in color and p. 362

Estrella de Diego, Remedios Varo, Madrid, 2007, p. 68, illustrated in color

Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, La obra de Remedios Varo, 1964, no. 29

Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Obra de Remedios Varo 1913 / 1963, 1971, no. 5, n.p., illustrated

Monclova, Museo Biblioteca Pape, Consejos y recetas de Remedios Varo, 1985-86, no. 13, p. 16, illustrated

Madrid, Fundación Banco Exterior and Museo de Monterrey, Remedios Varo, 1988-89, no. 60, n.p., illustrated in color and p. 166

Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Remedios Varo 1908-1963, 1994, no. 129, p. 105, illustrated

Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art; Nagoya, Denki Bunka Kaikan and Kamakura, The Museum of Modern Art, Remedios Varo, 1999, no. 39, p. 88, illustrated in color