Desnudo de adolescente I

Details

Francisco Zúñiga (Costa Rican/Mexican 1912-1998)
Desnudo de adolescente I
signed and dated 'ZÚÑIGA 1972' and numbered (on the base)
bronze
59½ x 15 x 19½ in. (151.1 x 38.1 x 49.5 cm.)
Executed in 1972.
Edition of three.

Provenance

Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

C. Francisco Echeverría, Francisco Zúñiga, Mexico City, Ediciones Galería de Arte Misrachi, 1980, p. 170, no. 177-178 (another cast illustrated).
Francisco Zúñiga: Catálogo Razonado Volúmen I, Escultura 1923-1993, Albedrío & Fundación Zúñiga Laborde, Mexico City, 1999, p. 375, no. 634 (another cast illustrated).

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