Lot 108
  • 108

Ángel Zárraga (1886-1946)

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ángel Zárraga
  • La Caída del Señor en el camino de la cruz
  • signed lower right
  • 42 3/8 by 43 in.
  • (107.6 by 109.2 cm)
gouache and graphite on paper laid down on wood

Provenance

Private Collection, Paris
Galerías Cristobal, Mexico City
Private Collection, Mexico City

Exhibited

Jalisco, Casa de la Cultura Jalisciense, Exposición Ángel Zárraga, 1969, no. 28
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Ángel Zárraga, 1969, n.n.

Literature

Antonio Luna Arroyo, Rescate de Ángel Zárraga, Mexico City, 1969, p. 315, n.n., illustrated

Condition

There are scuffs and scratches scattered throughout the work. There is a ¼ in. loss to the lower left corner with smaller losses surrounding it. There are vertical tears extending from the lower edge which appear to have been repaired. The largest of these appears to be 5 in. long. Under ultraviolet light there are four ½ in. areas of retouching on the figure's arm on the far left.
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Catalogue Note

This work was done in preparation for the fresco at the Student Chapel, University City, Paris in 1936-1937.