Lot 231
  • 231

ARMANDO REVERÓN | Desnudo

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Armando Reverón
  • Desnudo
  • Signed AReverón and dated X39 (lower left)
  • Charcoal on kraft paper
  • 43 1/4 by 28 7/8 in.
  • 109.9 by 73.3 cm
  • Executed in 1939.

Provenance

Private Collection, South America (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent 

Exhibited

Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Exposición Retrospectiva Armando Reverón, 1955, no. 167 

Literature

Alfredo Boulton, Armando Reverón, Caracas, 1979, illustrated p. 28 

Condition

The artwork is in good condition. The paper is inherently brittle and at some point it may need a lining for support. There is some adhesive residue on the verso. The pigment is stable. Small tears have been patched. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Mary Kearns Paper Conservation)
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Catalogue Note

We wish to thank Proyecto Reverón for their kind assistance in the cataloguing of this work.