Lot 32
  • 32

Héctor Poleo (1918-1989)

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Héctor Poleo
  • Mujer soñando 
  • signed and dated Paris 49 lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 28 by 24 in.
  • 71 by 61 cm

Provenance

Acquired from the artist
Collection of Lya and Rubén Coronil, Caracas
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Caracas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Héctor Poleo Retrospectiva, July-September, 1974
New York, Center for Inter-American Relations, Héctor Poleo: A Retrospective Exhibition, October-December, 1974, no. 14, illustrated 

Condition

This work is ready to hang. The canvas is stretched on its original stretcher. The reverse is protected by a metal screen. The paint layer is clean and lightly varnished. There are two retouches - one in the sky immediately to the upper left of the central male head, and the other in one spot in the pink cloth towards the upper left. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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