LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on masonite

Measurements:

47.99 in. (121.90 cm.) (height) by 64.02 in. (162.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'CHAVEZ MORADO 55' (lower right) signed and dated again and titled 'CHAVEZ MORADO, 1955 GUANAJUATO - MEXICO ,Los Embozados' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, José Chávez Morado: Su tiempo, su país, June-September 1988, p. 44, no. 40 (illustrated in color). Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Siglo XX: Grandes maestros mexicanos, los espacios inconformes, January-June 2003, p. 279, no. 45 (illustrated in color). Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, José Chávez Morado: En memoria, 11 March- 16 May 2004, p. 42 (illustrated in color). Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, De artesanos y arlequines: Forjando una colección de arte mexicano, July 2005-April 2006, p. 37 (illustrated in color). Austin, Mexic-Arte Museum, From Revolution to Renaissance, Mexican Art from the Aaron Collection, April 2007– January 2008. Chicago, National Museum of Mexican Art, Translating Revolution: U.S. Artists Interpret Mexican Muralists, 12 February- 1 August 2010. San Antonio, Museo Alameda Smithsonian, Revolution & Renaissance, Mexico & San Antonio, 1910 –2010, November 2010– August 2012. San Antonio, Museo Alameda Smithsonian, Coming to America: Hidden Treasures from the Revolution Renaissance Collection, June- August 2012 (illustrated in color on exhibition flyer).

Literature:

R. Tibol, Historia general del arte mexicano: época moderna y contemporánea, Mexico City, Editorial Hermes, S.A., p. 189, no. 164 (illustrated). C. Monsiváis, José Chávez Morado: Para todos internacional, Banco Internacional, 1989, p. 47 (illustrated in color). J. de Santiago Silva, José Chávez Morado. Vida, obra y circunstancias, Guanajuato, Instituto Estatal de la Cultura de Guanajuato, Ediciones La Rana, 2001, pl. 25 (illustrated in color). S. Raúl López, "Prevén Homenajes a Chávez Morado," Reforma, Cultura 4C, December 3, 2002 (illustrated in color). Amigos de Bellas Artes, Year X, No. 4, August- September 2005 (illustrated in color on the cover). E. Silva, "Art from the Ashes," San Antonio Express News, S.A. Life K1, 5 December 2010 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Jorge Espinoza Ulloa collection, Mexico City. Estate of Jorge Espinoza Ulloa, Mexico City. Galería Lourdes Chumacero, Mexico City. Collection of Lance and Erika Aaron, San Antonio, Texas.