Lot 26
  • 26

José Clemente Orozco (1883 - 1949)

Estimate
90,000 - 100,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • José Clemente Orozco
  • The Elevated
  • signed lower right
  • oil on canvas laid down on masonite
  • 20 by 24 in.
  • 51 by 61 cm
  • Painted in 1928.

Provenance

The Collection of J.B. Neumann, New York
The Collection of Edith C. Halpert, New York
Sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, American Paintings, March 15, 1973, lot 101, illustrated
Private Collection, St. Louis
Sale: Christie's, New York, Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, November 21, 1988, lot 38, illustrated in color
Acquired from the above

Exhibited

New York, Delphic Studios, José Clemente Orozco: Recent Paintings, February, 1930, no. 3
New York, Gallery of Modern Art, About New York, 1964
Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Mexican Muralists./De Mexicaanse Muralisten., September 25-December 12, 1993, no. 102
Guadalajara, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, March 24-July 31, 2010; Mexico City, Antiguo Colegio de San Idelfonso, October 1, 2010- February 27, 2011; José Clemente Orozco, Pintura y Verdad, no. 113, p. 148, illustrated in color 

Literature

Alma Reed, José Clemente Orozco, New York, 1932, illustrated
Alma Reed, José Clemente Orozco, New York, 1956, p. 153, discussed, pl. 7, illustrated 

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. Two minor spots of paint loss are present, one on the upper left edge of the canvas, and the other in the lower left quadrant. Light craquelure is present throughout. Under ultraviolet light examination, an isolated area of minor spots of inpainting is present in the upper right quadrant.
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