Francisco Zúñiga (Costa Rican/Mexican 1912-1998)
La visita
signed, dated and numbered 'ZÚÑIGA, 1980, II VI' (lower right)
bronze with granite base
21 3/8 x 29½ x 3½ in. (54.3 x 75 x 8.9 cm.)
23¼ x 33¾ x 8½ in. (59 x 85.7 x 20 cm.) including base
Executed in 1980.
Edition two of six.
Provenance
Hartcourts Gallery, San Francisco.
Acquired from the above by the present owner (1980).
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Francisco Zúñiga, Sculplture/Drawings, London, The Waddington Gallery, 1981, p. 12 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Francisco Zúñiga, Sculpture/Drawings, Hamburg, Galerie Levy, 1981, p. 13 (another cast illustrated).
J. Lassaigne, Francisco Zúñiga: Sculpture, Drawings, Lithographs, Brewster Editions, New York, 1982, p. 99 (another cast illustrated). Francisco Zúñiga: Catálogo Razonado, Volumen I, Escultura 1923-1993, Albedrío & Fundación Zúñiga Laborde, Mexico City, 1999, p. 502, no. 865 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibited
London, The Waddington Gallery, Francisco Zúñiga, Sculpture/Drawings, June 1981 (another cast exhibited).
Hamburg, Galerie Levy, Francisco Zúñiga, Sculptures Drawings, October 1981, p. 13 (another cast exhibited).
Lot Essay
We are grateful to Mr. Ariel Zúñiga for his assistance in confirming the authenticity of this work.