Lot 122
  • 122

Germán Cueto (1883-1975)

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Germán Cueto
  • Autorretrato
  • painted sheet metal construction 
  • 16 1/2 by 8 3/4 by 1 1/2 in.
  • 42 by 22 by 4 cm
  • Executed circa 1925.

Provenance

Mireya Cueto, Mexico City
Collection of Lance and Erika Aaron, San Antonio

Exhibited

Mexico City, Museo de Arte Alvar y Carmen T. de Carrillo Gil, Germán Cueto, September 21, 2006–January 28, 2007, no. 83, p. 90, illustrated   
Austin, Mexic-Arte Museum, From Revolution to Renaissance, Mexican Art from the Aaron Collection, April 2007-January 2008
San Antonio, Museo Alameda Smithsonian, Revolution & Renaissance, Mexico & San Antonio, 1910 – 2010, November 2010-August 2012

Literature

María Eugenia Garmendia Carbajal, et al., Cien Autorretratos Mexicanos, Mexico City, 2012, p. 41, illustrated in color 

Condition

This work is in good condition, taking its age into account. The media layer is stable and the sheet metal elements are secure and accounted for. Light rubbing is present on the tip of the nose.
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