Lot 73
  • 73

Mariano Rodríguez (1912-1990)

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Mariano Rodríguez
  • Mujeres Llorando (Pareja frente al mar)
  • signed and dated 43 upper right
  • 23 1/4 by 20 in.
  • (59 by 50.8 cm)
oil on canvas

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Pan American Art Projects, Dallas/Miami

Exhibited

Havana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de la Habana, Mariano Rodríguez: Exposición Retrospectiva, May 15, 1975, no. 113
Yugoslavia, Museo Skopje, Mariano Rodríguez Retrospectiva, March 9-19, 1984, n.n.
Havana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mariano: Exposición Obras Escogidas (1937-1990), July 24, 1991, n.n., illustrated in color

Literature

Alejandro Rodríguez Alomá and José Veigas, Mariano: Catálogo Razonado, Pintura y dibujo 1936-1949, Volúmen 1, Spain, 2007, Ediciones Vanguardia Cubana S.L., p. 147, no. 43.76, illustrated in color

Condition

The canvas is well stretched and wax relined. There is faint craquelure throughout the work. Also visible under ultraviolet light is scattered inpainting throught the work particularly in the right figure's legs and in the background (the largest area measuring 1 in.). Overall this work appears to be in stable condition.
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