Diego Rivera (Mexican 1886-1957)
Diego Rivera (Mexican 1886-1957)

Retrato de Xavier Guerrero

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Diego Rivera (Mexican 1886-1957)
Retrato de Xavier Guerrero
signed and dated 'Diego Rivera, 1921' (upper right) signed and dated again and inscribed 'RETRATO DEL PINTOR XAVIER GUERRERO, (A) EL TEPONAXTLE, Diego Rivera 1921' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas laid on masonite
16½ x 12¼ in. (42 x 31 cm.)
Painted in 1921.
Provenance
Emma Hurtado, Mexico City.
Madeleine Blanche Vallier collection, Ann Arbor.
Literature
Diego Rivera: Catálogo General de Obra de Caballete, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1989, p. 62, no. 428 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Diego Rivera: A Retrospective, Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1986, p. 54, no. 81 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Diego Rivera: A Retrospective, February- April 1986, no. 42. This exhibition later traveled to Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, June- August 1986; Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, September 1986- January 1987; Madrid, Salas Pablo Ruiz Picasso, February- April 1987; Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin, Summer 1987.

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