José Gamarra (Uruguyan b. 1934)
Les missionnaires de l'impossible
signed 'gamarra' (lower right center and again on the reverse)
oil on canvas
35 x 45 5/8 in. (89 x 116 cm.)
Painted in 1972.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist.
Anon. sale, Gomensoro y Castellas, Montevideo, August 1989.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 18 May 1993, lot 190 (illustrated in color).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
R. Gutiérrez and R. Gutiérrez Viñuales, Historia del Arte Iberoamericano, Barcelona, Lunwerg Editores, 2000, p. 329 (illustrated).