Property from an Important Private Collection
RUFINO TAMAYO
BAÑISTAS EN CANCÚN
signed and dated O-88 lower right; also titled on the reverse
oil on canvas
37½ by 51 in.
95.4 by 130.5 cm
Lot Sold: 1,570,000 USD
WOLFGANG PAALEN
LES COSMOGONES
signed with initials WP
oil on canvas
96 by 93 in.
244 by 236 cm
Painted in 1944.
Lot Sold: 382,000 USD
ARMANDO REVERÓN
LAS HIJAS DEL SOL
signed and dated 32 lower right
tempera and charcoal on canvas
24¼ by 23¾ in.
62 by 60 cm
Lot Sold: 250,000 USD
Results:
Presented for the first time as two collecting categories, Latin American Art achieved a strong combined sales total of $21.1 million.
Led by Rufino Tamayo's Bañistas En Cancún at $1,570,000 (well within its estimate of $1.2 - 1.6 million), the Modern Art auction totalled $13,402,750. The star lot was followed by Armando Morales' long-paneled Cuatro Bañistas En Canal De Plantación, which sold for $982,000, more than 1.5 times its high estimate.
Details:
Latin America: Modern Art focuses on figurative artworks from the region by leading artists engaged in traditional landscape painting, portraiture, Cubism, Mexican Muralism, Surrealism, Social Realism, Hyper-Realism among others; the sale will mostly include works executed in long established media from the late 19th and throughout the 20th century.
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