LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on masonite

Size Notes:

48 x 38.50 in. (122 x 98 cm.)

Markings:

signed and dated 'CHAVEZ MORADO 55' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Siglo XX: Grandes Maestros Mexicanos, July 2002 - August 2003, illustrated. Mexico City, Museo Nacional, De artesanos y arlequines. Forjando una colección de arte mexicano, CONACULTA-INBA,1 December 2005 – 31 January 2006, p. 36 (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, Revolution & Renaissance : Mexico & San Antonio, 1910 – 2010, November 2010 – August 2012.

Literature:

C. Monsiváis, José Chávez Morado, Mexico, Banco Internacional, 1989, illustrated, cover and p. 44. Visión Pictórica México, Mexico, Pemex Gas y Petroquimica, 1998, p. 92, illustrated. J. Oles, Mexico City, Museo Nacional, De Artesanos y Arlequines. Forjando una colección de arte mexicano, Mexico, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2005, p. 36 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Sra. Musia Warman. Anon. sale, Mexico City, Morton Casa de Subastas, 2005 (sold after sale). Acquired from the above by the present owner.