Lot 250
  • 250

Jacobo Borges (b.1931)

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jacobo Borges
  • Espantapájaros de Chuloma
  • signed and dated 1960 lower right; also signed and titled on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 37 1/4 by 52 in.
  • 94.6 by 132 cm

Provenance

Acquired from the artist
Hugo Orozco, Caracas
Private Collection, Caracas
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Art, November 20, 1990, lot 206, illustrated in color
CDS Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Caracas, Consejo Nacional de la Cultura, Fundación Galería de Arte Nacional, Jacobo Borges, Retrospectiva, 1976, no. 53
Caracas, Centro Cultural Consolidado, Jacobo Borges, Itinerario de Viaje, March 21-May 12, 1991

Condition

This work is ready to hang. The canvas is unlined and well-stretched. The paint layer is stable overall.
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