Lot 32
  • 32

Jean-Baptiste Louis de Gros (Baron Gros) (1793-1870)

Estimate
90,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Baptiste Louis de Gros (Baron Gros)
  • The Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico
  • dated Teoàtihuàcan 1832 lower left; also signed and inscribed La plus grande des pyramides mexicaines de Teoàtihouàcan, / les indiens le nomment Tonatin, palais du soleil; / metzú, palais de la lune, ne se voit pas, le sentier qui va d'une pyramide à l'autre se nomme Micoalt, chemin des morts. /Juin 18 [183]2 Baron Gros on a label on the reverse
  • 13 1/4 by 18 1/4 in.
  • (33.8 by 46.4 cm)
oil on paper laid down on canvas

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe
Galerías Cristobal, Mexico City
Private Collection, Mexico City

Exhibited

Mexico City, Palacio de Iturbide/Fomento Cultural Banamex; Madrid, Casa de América, Viajeros Europeos del Siglo XIX en México, October, 1996-May, 1997, p. 76-77, no. 48, illustrated

Condition

The painting is in very good condition with paint loss along the upper center edge and faint craquelure along the lower center edge.
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Catalogue Note

This painting may be considered an artistic monument of Mexico and, if so, could not be exported without the approval of the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH).  Accordingly, it is offered for sale in New York from the catalogue and will not be available in New York for inspection or delivery.  The painting will be released to the purchaser in Mexico in compliance with all local requirements.  Prospective buyers may contact Sotheby's representatives in Mexico City and Monterrey for an appointment to view the work.