Lot 5
  • 5

Diego Rivera (1886-1957)

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Description

  • Diego Rivera
  • Paisaje de Toledo
  • signed and dated 1913
  • 24 1/8 by 20 1/4 in.
  • (61.2 by 51.4cm)
oil on canvas

Provenance

Oscar Miestchaninoff, Paris
Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Paris, Modern Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Primitive Sculptures, April 17, 1951, lot 274, illustrated
Marlborough Gallery, New York
Sale: Sotheby's New York, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, November 26, 1985, lot 20, illustrated in color
Sale: Christie's New York, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, May 18, 1992, lot 19, illustrated in color
The Elkon Gallery, Inc., New York
Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

Paris, Trente Ans d'Art Independant, Exposition Retrospective, 1926 Mexico City, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Diego Rivera, September-November 1983, n. 14
Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum; New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art; San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Diego Rivera: The Cubist Years, March 1984-February 1985, n. 6,  p. 10, illustrated, pp. 15, 33

Literature

Manuel Reyero, Diego Rivera, Fundación Cultural Televisa, A. C., 1983, n. 24, n.p. illustrated in color
Ramon Favela, Diego Rivera:  The Cubist Years, 1984, n. 6, p. 10, illustrated, pp. 13, 30, 34
A. Pincus, Fellow Travelers; Leon Trotsky: Art Critic Meets Diego Rivera, Revolutionary, Arts and Antiques, October 1984, n.n., p. 53, illustrated in color
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Diego Rivera-Catálogo General de Obra de Caballete, Mexico City, 1989, n. 97, p. 21, illustrated

Catalogue Note

Upon his arrival in Paris in 1909, Rivera quickly infiltrated the artistic avant-garde resident there.  His friendships with Picasso, Braque and others made him an eager witness to the burgeoning cubist movement.  But it was during his frequent travels to Spain that Rivera fully recognized the possibilities of Cubism for his own art.