Lot 136
  • 136

Diego Rivera (1886-1957)

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description

  • Diego Rivera
  • Vendedora de retazos
  • signed and dated 37 lower right
  • watercolor and india ink on rice paper
  • 15 1/4 by 11 in.
  • 39 by 28 cm

Provenance

The Collection of Sidney Scheuer (acquired March 1937)
Thence by descent to the late owner

Literature

Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Diego Rivera, Catálogo general de obra de caballete, Mexico City, 1989, no. 1407, p. 185, illustrated

Condition

This work has been examined under glass. Artist pinholes are present in all four corners. The colors are vibrant and the medium is stable. The work is in very good condition overall.
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