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Las conejas
Details
David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexican 1896-1974)
Las conejas
signed and dated 'Siqueiros, 2-62' (lower right) signed and dated again and inscribed 'SIQUEIROS, 2-20-1962, NOTAS DE LA CARCEL, "LAS CONEJAS", ASI LES LLAMAN A LAS RATERILLAS, CASI SIEMPRE SON RAMERAS DE POBRES, A LA VEZ, CARCEL PREVENTIVA DEL DF' (on the reverse)
Pyroxylin on wood
31½ x 23½ in. (80 x 59.7 cm.)
Painted in 1962.
Las conejas
signed and dated 'Siqueiros, 2-62' (lower right) signed and dated again and inscribed 'SIQUEIROS, 2-20-1962, NOTAS DE LA CARCEL, "LAS CONEJAS", ASI LES LLAMAN A LAS RATERILLAS, CASI SIEMPRE SON RAMERAS DE POBRES, A LA VEZ, CARCEL PREVENTIVA DEL DF' (on the reverse)
Pyroxylin on wood
31½ x 23½ in. (80 x 59.7 cm.)
Painted in 1962.
Provenance
Twentieth Century Works of Art, Beverly Hills (acquired in July 1978).
Private collection, Tucson.
Private collection, Tucson.