Lot 84
  • 84

Diego Rivera (1886-1957)

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Diego Rivera
  • El NiƱo en la ventana
  • signed and dated 1948 lower left
  • watercolor on paper
  • 22 1/2 by 16 1/2 in.
  • 57.2 by 42 cm

Provenance

George Loeb, Philadelphia
Rita and Eliot Feldman, Boca Raton gift from the above 1955

Literature

Emma Hurtado, ed., Esta Semana-This Week, June 5-11, 1948, illustrated on cover
Consejo Nacional para La Cultura y Las Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Diego Rivera: Catálago General de Obra de Caballete, Mexico, 1989, no. 1822, no. 237, illustrated

Condition

This work is in excellent condition. Pinholes are present in all four corners and in the center of each edge of the paper. The paper is hinged to mat, on the reverse, by the top two corners. Old tape remnants, located on the corners, are present on the reverse of the sheet. The colors are vibrant and the medium is stable overall.
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