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Property from a Private Collector

Guillermo Meza

Figuras doradas

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September 30, 05:58 PM GMT

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6,000 - 8,000 USD

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Description

Property from a Private Collector

Guillermo Meza

1917 - 1997


Figuras doradas

signed Guillermo Meza, dated 1960 and dedicated A Pepita novia mia en su esplendor, su ternura y su belleza (lower right); signed G. Meza, titled, dated 1960 and variously inscribed (on the reverse)

oil and gold leaf on canvas

47 ⅜ by 71 in.

120 by 180 cm.

Executed in 1960.

Josefina Sánchez de Meza, Mexico (acquired as a gift directly from the artist in 1961) 

Alejandro Meza Sánchez, Mexico (acquired as a gift from the above in 1969)

Sotheby's, New York, 20 November 1990, lot 180 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)

Christie's, New York, 25 November 2014, lot 193

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Fernando Castro Pacheco, Guillermo Meza, Luis Nishizawa, Carlos Orozco Romero, Francisco Zúñiga: Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas, sección anual de invitados, 1980

Museo de Monterrey, Guillermo Meza Alvarez: El cuadro y el proyecto, 1982