Diego Rivera

Niña con muñeca

Important Notice

Session begins in

May 20, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 500,000 USD

Bid

250,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Myth & Splendor: Important Works from a Distinguished Collection

Diego Rivera

1886 - 1957

Niña con muñeca

signed Diego Rivera and dated 1954 (lower left)

oil on canvas

30 ⅛ by 24 in.

76.4 by 61 cm.

Executed in 1954.

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.

Private Collection, Mexico City

Christie's, New York, 18 November 2003, lot 37 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Saint Peterburg, State Hermitage Museum, Diego Rivera y su maestro Jose Maria Velasco, 1978

Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes/ Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo, Los niños mexicano de Diego Rivera, 1998, p. 95, illustrated

Mexico City, Museo Dolores Olmedo, Homenaje a Diego Rivera, Retratos, 2007, p. 134, illustrated in color

Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Diego Rivera, Catálogo General de Obra de Caballete, Mexico City, 1989, no. 2077, p. 270, illustrated