Lot 242
  • 242

MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS | Josef Stalin

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Miguel Covarrubias
  • Josef Stalin
  • Signed Covarrubias (lower left) 
  • Colored pencil and pastel on paper
  • 10 1/4 by 7 3/4 in.
  • 26 by 19.7 cm

Provenance

Marian Nasso, Florida
GalerĂ­a Windsor, Mexico 
Latin American Fine Art, Brownsville, Texas
Acquired from the above 

Exhibited

New York, Throckmorton Fine Art & Mexico City, Pablo Goebel Fine Art, Recorriendo el mundo del chamaco Covarrubias, 2017-18, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue

Condition

The colors are vibrant, and the media layer is stable. The sheet is hinged to the mat with acid-free tape in each of the uppermost corners. At the extreme upper center edge adjacent to the lightbulb, a 1/8-inch water spot is present. A pinpoint spot of media loss is present at the extreme upper right edge, in the arm of the figure. This work is ready to hang.
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