Lot Essay
We are grateful to Mr. Ariel Zúñiga for his assistance in confirming the authenticity of this work.
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Desnudo de cuclillas
Details
Francisco Zúñiga (Costa Rican/Mexican 1912-1998)
Desnudo de cuclillas
inscribed 'ESCULTOR ZUÑIGA, FUNDIO M. DEL AGUILA, 1963' (on the base)
bronze with green patina
33 x 33 x 27½ in. (83.8 x 70 cm.)
Executed in 1963.
Edition of four.
Desnudo de cuclillas
inscribed 'ESCULTOR ZUÑIGA, FUNDIO M. DEL AGUILA, 1963' (on the base)
bronze with green patina
33 x 33 x 27½ in. (83.8 x 70 cm.)
Executed in 1963.
Edition of four.
Provenance
Tasende Gallery, La Jolla (acquired directly from the artist).
Acquired from the above by the present owner (circa 1965).
Acquired from the above by the present owner (circa 1965).
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Mexican Artists, Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum, 1964, p. 2 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Francisco Zúñiga: An Exhibition of Drawings and Sculpture, San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego and Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum, 1971, p. 32, no. 3 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Francisco Zúñiga: Homenaje Nacional, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico City, 1994, p. 102, no. 106 (another cast illustrated).
Francisco Zúñiga: Catálogo Razonado Volúmen I, Escultura 1923-1993, Albedrío & Fundación Zúñiga Laborde, Mexico City, 1999, p. 243, no. 368 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Francisco Zúñiga: An Exhibition of Drawings and Sculpture, San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego and Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum, 1971, p. 32, no. 3 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Francisco Zúñiga: Homenaje Nacional, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico City, 1994, p. 102, no. 106 (another cast illustrated).
Francisco Zúñiga: Catálogo Razonado Volúmen I, Escultura 1923-1993, Albedrío & Fundación Zúñiga Laborde, Mexico City, 1999, p. 243, no. 368 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibited
Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum, Contemporary Mexican Artists, 12 December 1964- 15 February 1965, no. 2.
San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, Francisco Zúñiga: An Exhibition of Drawings and Sculpture, 11 September- 7 November 1971, no. 3. This exhibition also travelled to Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum, 15 January- 27 February 1972.
San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, Francisco Zúñiga: An Exhibition of Drawings and Sculpture, 11 September- 7 November 1971, no. 3. This exhibition also travelled to Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum, 15 January- 27 February 1972.
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