Lot 81
  • 81

Armando Reverón (1889-1954)

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Armando Reverón
  • La Vieja (La Reina Mora)
  • signed and dated 1919 lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 23 by 19 1/2 in.
  • 58.4 by 49.5 cm

Provenance

Manuel Guillermo Díaz
Raul  Díaz Gil

Exhibited

Caracas, Centro Venezolano Americano, Armando Reverón. Pinturas, November-December 1951, no. 5
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Exposición Retrospectiva de Armando Reverón, July 1955, no. 14
Coro, Museo de Arte de Coro, Reverón. Retratos, figuras y paisajes del pintor de la luz, July, 1989, no. 2

Literature

Juan Calzadilla, Armando Reverón, Caracas, 1991, no. 35, illustrated in color p. 65

Condition

The canvas is unlined and tightly stretched. There is scattered craquelure throughout but the paint layer is stable with a few scattered dark dots. There is a 1/2 inch loss in the center of the upper edge. The picture does not appear to have been cleaned or restored recently. Under ultraviolet light inspection the work appears to be evenly varnished with only a couple of spots of restoration on the right edge consistent with frame abrasions. The work is in good condition overall.
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