Ricardo Martínez (1918-2009)

Acquired from the artist
The Collection of Margaret Fletcher
Property from the Estate of Dorothy Smith Catherwood
Sale: Christie's, New York, Anon. Sale, May 29, 1998, lot 114, illustrated in color
Private Collection, Santiago, Chile
Sale: Christie's, New York, Latin American Art, May 24, 2014, lot 23, illustrated in color

Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Ricardo Martínez, 40 pinturas, Expansión rítmica de los volúmenes, December 1975-January 1975, no. 19

Alfonso de Neauvillate-Ortiz, 10 pintores mexicanos, Mexico City, 1974, p. 36
Ricardo Martínez, Luís Cardoza y Aragón, et. al., Ricardo Martínez, una selección de su obra, Mexico City, 1981, no. 40, p. 41, illustrated in color

This work seems to be in its original condition. It is still on its original stretcher. It is unvarnished. There are slight differences to the glazing in the belly of the figure, but this is due to the way the paint layer dried. There do not appear to be any retouches or damages. The work should be hung in its current state. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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