Diego Rivera

Granja palmera (Choza y palmera), Acayucan, Veracruz

Important Notice

Session begins in

May 20, 06:00 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 USD

Bid

20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Myth & Splendor: Important Works from a Distinguished Collection

Diego Rivera

1886 - 1957

Granja palmera (Choza y palmera), Acayucan, Veracruz

signed Diego Rivera (lower left)

watercolor, crayon and charcoal on paper

17 ½ by 23 ½ in.

44.4 by 59.7 cm.

Executed circa 1951.

We wish to thank Professor Luis-Martín Lozano for his kind assistance in cataloguing this lot.

National Heritage Lot - Lots with this symbol are part of the National Heritage of Mexico and cannot be permanently exported from Mexico. Accordingly, the lot will be offered for sale in New York but will not be available in New York for inspection or delivery. The lot will be released to the buyer in Mexico in compliance with all local requirements. Prospective buyers may contact Sotheby’s representatives in Mexico City and Monterrey at sothebys.mexico@sothebys.com for an appointment to view the work. Please note, the correct title for this work is Granja palmera (Choza y palmera), Acayucan, Veracruz. Please also note, the correct date for this work is circa 1951.

William Henry Hoover, Boston

The Little Art Gallery of North Canton Public Library, Ohio (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's, New York, 26 May 2004, lot 2 (consigned by the above)

Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York (acquired at the above sale)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes/Departamento de artes plásticas/Museo Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Diego Rivera 50 Años de su Labor Artistica, Exposición de Homenaje Nacional, 1949, no. 426, pp. 178 and 444, illustrated

Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Diego Rivera, Catálogo General de Obra de Caballete, Mexico City, 1989, no. 1243, p. 164, illustrated