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The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate

Miguel Covarrubias

Mercado de flores

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November 14, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

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The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate

Miguel Covarrubias

1904 - 1957


Mercado de flores

oil on Masonite

23 by 19 in.

58.4 by 48.3 cm.

Executed in 1956.

Central de Publicaciones, Alberto Misrachi, Mexico City
Private Collection, Mexico (acquired from the above in September 1960)
Lance Aaron, United States
Private Collection, Mexico (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above in 2007 by the present owner
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Siglo XX: Grandes Maestros Mexicanos; País de realidad y sueño, 2002-03, no. 54, p. 298, illustrated in color
Mexico City, Museo Soumaya; Mexico City, Museo Mural Diego Rivera; Mexico City, Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo, Miguel CovarrubiasHomenaje nacional, Cuatro miradas / Four Visions, 2004-05, no. 7, p. 9, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte and Chicago, The Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Del istmo y sus mujeres: Tehuanas en el arte mexicano / Tehuanas in Mexican Art, 1992-93, no. 11, p. 151, illustrated in color (similar example)