Lot 287
  • 287

Pedro Coronel (1923-1985)

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Pedro Coronel
  • Retrato de Helen Lavista I
  • oil on masonite
  • 47 7/8 by 31 1/2 in.
  • 121.7 by 80 cm.
  • Painted in 1953.

Provenance

Raúl Lavista Peimbert, Mexico City
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, November 22, 1995, lot 302
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Mexico City, Museo de Arte Alvar y Carmen T. de Carrilo Gil, Ruptura, 1952-1965, 1988, p. 67, no. 57, pl XIV, illustrated

Literature

Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno/Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, El retrato mexicano contemporãneo, Mexico City, Libreria Madero, S.A., 1961, p.96, illustrated, p. 115
Bital Grupo Financiero, Pedro Coronel, Mexico City, América Arte Editores, S.A. de C.V., 1993, illustrated p.39

Condition

Overall good condition. Under UV: no apparent inpainting.
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