Lot 100
  • 100

Diego Rivera (1886-1957)

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Description

  • Diego Rivera
  • Mujer con Canasta en la Cabeza
  • signed lower right
  • 15 1/4 by 10 7/8 in.
  • 38.8 by 27.6 cm
watercolor on rice paper

Provenance

Galería Central de Arte Moderno Misrachi, Mexico City

Literature

Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Diego Rivera, Catálogo General de Obra de Caballete, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, 1989, p. 174, no. 1323, illustrated

Condition

The rice paper is very strong and in very good condition. There are some foxing stains which were treated and somewhat removed but the pigment did not allow further cleaning. Overall in good and stable condition. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Mary Kearns Paper Conservation) A record of this work was found in the photo archives of Ruth Rivera (daughter of Diego).
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