Lot 30
  • 30

José María Mijares (b. 1922)

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • José María Mijares
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 1960 lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 50 3/4 by 37 3/8 in.
  • 129 by 95 cm

Provenance

Collection of José Carlos Rafart, Havana
Sale: Subasta Habana, Havana, 2002
Top-Art Gallery, Miami
Collection of Manuel Delgado, Miami
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Adolfo V. Nadal, et al., Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century, Los Angeles, 2002, p. 249, illustrated in color 

Condition

This work is unlined. The paint layer is stable and seems to be mostly unretouched. There is a retouch in the white in the upper left, dealing with a diagonal crack. There are a few retouches in the center of the right side, where another group of cracks is quite raised. There is a slight bubble in the upper right. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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