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Armando Reverón (1889-1954)

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description

  • Armando Reverón
  • Las hijas del sol
  • signed and dated 32 lower right
  • tempera and charcoal on canvas
  • 24 1/4 by 23 3/4 in.
  • 62 by 60 cm

Provenance

Acquired from the artist
Private Collection, Caracas
Private Collection, Boca Raton

Exhibited

Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Exposición Retrospectiva de Reverón, July 1955, no. 68
Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art, January 6-February 12, 1956; New Orleans, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, February 26-March 12, 1956; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, April 9-May 12, 1956; San Francisco, The Museum of Fine Arts, August 20-September 23, 1956; Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery, October 10-November 4, 1956; Armando Reverón
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Pintura Venezolana, 1661-1961, April 19-July 5, 1961
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Armando Reverón / Exposición iconográfica y documental en el centenario de su nacimiento, September 17-November 26, 1989

Literature

Juan Calzadilla, Armando Reverón, Caracas, 1991, no. 118, p. 297, illustrated
Juan Calzadilla and Willy Aranguren, Reverón, 18 Testimonios, Caracas, 1979, illustrated

Condition

This work is in excellent condition. The work does not appear to have been cleaned or damaged in anyway. There do not appear to be any retouches. The painting should be hung in its current state. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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