Modern & Contemporary Art
Description:
Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886-1957)
Alimentando al niño (Nourishing the Boy), 1944
Signed "Diego Rivera." upper right, faintly inscribed "#1357 500.—" in pencil on the reverse.
Watercolor and ink on paper, 7 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. (18.5 x 27.5 cm),unframed.
Condition: Sheet taped to backing near lower right corner, small losses near other three corners (where sheet has pulled from tape),deckled edges, gentle rippling, scattered areas of crimping, creases near upper left and lower right corners.
Provenance: By family descent from an aunt who traveled to Mexico to the late husband of the consignor.
N.B. We are grateful to Professor Luis-Martín Lozano for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Estimate $10,000-15,000
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Keywords
Luis-Mart�n Lozano, Mexico, Luis-MartRobin S.R. Starr
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