Lot 56
  • 56

Julio Larraz (b. 1944)

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • Julio Larraz
  • Itinerant Oracle
  • signed lower left, also signed, titled and dated 2 agosto 97 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 59 7/8 by 71 7/8 in.
  • 154.8 by 184.5 cm

Provenance

Acquired from the artist
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Art, June 3, 1999, lot 70, illustrated in color
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Boca Raton, Boca Raton Museum of Art, March 26-May 17, 1998, p. 69, illustrated in color; also illustrated in color on the cover

Literature

Arte en Colombia, July/September, 1998, No. 75, p. 123, illustrated
Art nexus, August/October, No. 29, p. 131, illustrated
Edward Lucie-Smith, Julio Larraz, Milano, 2003, p. 206, n. 157, illustrated in color

Condition

There is a white dripmark in the lower quadrant, most likely inherent to the work. The work does not appear to have been retouched and is overall in excellent condition.
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