Lot 80
  • 80

Diego Rivera (1886-1957)

Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 USD
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Description

  • Diego Rivera
  • Los Petateros
  • signed and dated 45 lower right
  • ink and graphite on paper
  • 18 1/2 by 21 3/8 in.
  • 47 by 54.5 cm

Provenance

Central de Publicaciones, Mexico City
Javier Márquez Blasco, Mexico City acquired from the above 1964
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Mexico City, Museo Tamayo, Diego Rivera, September-November 1983, no. 147, p. 82
Mexico City, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Exposición Nacional de Homenaje a Diego Rivera con motivo del XX aniversario de su fallecimiento, December-February 1978, no. 207, p. 184

Literature

Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Diego Rivera: Catálogo General de Obra de Caballete, Mexico, 1989, no. 1719, p. 224, illustrated

Condition

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Catalogue Note

This painting is part of the National Heritage of Mexico and cannot be permanently exported from the country. Accordingly, it is offered for sale in New York from the catalogue and will not be available in New York for inspection or delivery. The painting will be released to the purchaser in Mexico in compliance with all local requirements. Prospective buyers may contact Sotheby’s representatives in Mexico City and Monterrey for an appointment to view the work.