Diego Rivera (1886-1957)

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Description

Diego Rivera
Study for Nude for "The Flowering" panel (Chapingo mural, Chapel, East Wall)
signed lower right
image size: 20 1/4 by 14 3/4 in. (51.5 by 37.5 cm);
paper size: 25 by 19 3/8 in. (63.5 by 49.3 cm)
Executed in 1926.

charcoal on brown paper

Provenance

Estate of Alexander Bing
Sale: Parke Bernet, New York, May 18, 1961, lot 42
Gurdy J. Du Boisky, New York
Estate of Ralph Burack, New York

Catalogue Note

The model for this study was renowned photographer Tina Modotti (1896-1942) who posed for many of the nudes in this mural. Modotti herself photographed the finished murals, in the chapel of the Autonomous University of Chapingo, Mexico City.