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The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate

Benjamín Cañas

Bacanal

Auction Closed

May 19, 10:59 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate

Benjamín Cañas

1933 - 1989


Bacanal

signed with the artist's monogram and dated 82 (lower right) 

oil on panel

46 by 72 in.

116.8 by 182.9 cm.

Executed in 1982.

Dr. Mariano Castro Magaña, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1982)
Sotheby's, New York, 27 May 1998, lot 41 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Washington, D.C., Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Tribute to Benjamín Cañas of El Salvador, 1933-1987, 1989, p.11, illustrated in color
Abonad Taca International Magazine, March - April 1991, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 64-65, illustrated in color
Bélgica Rodríguez, Benjamín Cañas, Caracas, 1994, p. 69, illustrated in color