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Myth & Splendor: Important Works from a Distinguished Collection

Diego Rivera

Le Fleuve (Paysage), Toledo

Session begins in

May 20, 06:00 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Bid

350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Myth & Splendor: Important Works from a Distinguished Collection

Diego Rivera

1886 - 1957


Le Fleuve (Paysage), Toledo

signed Diego M. Rivera and dated 1913 (lower left)

oil on canvas

24 ⅛ by 20 ¼ in.

61.2 by 51.4 cm.

Executed in 1913.


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 Le Fleuve (Paysage), Toledo.

Oscar Miestchaninoff, Los Angeles (acquired directly from the artist in Paris)

Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 17 April 1951, lot 274 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale)

Marlborough Gallery, New York

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's, New York, 26 November 1985, lot 20 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale)

Private Collection, Europe

Christie's, New York, 18 May 1992, lot 19 (consigned by the above)

The Elkon Gallery, Inc., New York

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)

Private Collection, Mexico City (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's, New York, 19 November 2003, lot 5 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Paris, Galerie B. Weill, Exposition particulier de peintures aquarelles et dessins par M. Diego H. Riviera [sic], 1914, no. 1

Paris, Grand Palais, Trente ans d'art independant, Exposition rétrospective, 1926

Mexico City, Museo Tamayo, Diego Rivera, 1983, no. 14

Phoenix Art Museum; New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Mexico City, Museo de Arte ModernoCity/Museo Nacional de Arte, Diego Rivera: The Cubist Years, 1984-85, no. 6, pp. 10, 15 and 33, illustrated

Manuel Reyero, Diego Rivera, Mexico City, 1983, no. 24, n.p., illustrated in color

Arthur Pincus, "Fellow Travelers; Leon Trotsky: Art Critic Meets Diego Rivera," Revolutionary, Arts and Antiques, October 1984, p. 53, illustrated in color

Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, ed., Diego Rivera Catálogo General de Obra de Caballete, Mexico City, 1989, no. 97, p. 21, illustrated

Exh. Cat., Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes/Palacio de Bellas Artes, Homenaje Nacional a Carlos Mérida: Americanismo y abstracción, 1992, p. 72, illustrated