Lot 258
  • 258

Gustavo Montoya

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Gustavo Montoya
  • NiƱa de azul con guaje
  • Signed Gustavo Montoya (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 21 3/4 by 17 3/4 in.
  • 55.3 by 45.1 cm
  • Painted in 1956.

Provenance

Galeria Central de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
Acquired by the present owner by descent

Condition

Overall good condition. Canvas not lined. Portions of the surface have been deliberately abraded, however there is also some abrasion over the signature. Under UV light: a few areas of inpainting upper left quadrant, also around the left side of the figure's head and extending down, a few additional smaller, scattered spots including at lower left.
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