Lot 138
  • 138

Diego Rivera (1886-1957)

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Diego Rivera
  • Mujer con morral sentada de frente
  • signed and dated 37 lower right
  • watercolor on rice paper
  • 15 1/4 by 10 3/4 in.
  • 38.7 by 27.3 cm

Provenance

Mary E. Johnston, Glendale, Ohio
Gift from the above to the present owner circa 1973
Private Collection, Colorado

Exhibited

Cincinnati, The Contemporary Arts Center, The Cincinnati Art Museum, The Mary E. Johnston Collection, April 20-May 12, 1956

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. Artist pinholes are present in each corner. The medium is stable. The paper is not hinged to the mat. Only minor fading has occurred overall. A faded, old adhesive mark (in the shape of a rectangle), approximately half-an-inch in size, is present in the center of the figure's hair.
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