Oswaldo Vigas (1926-2014)
Personagreste XI
signed and dated 'Vigas, 63' (lower right) signed, dated, an titled 'VIGAS, 63, Personagreste XI' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
45 1/2 x 35 in. (115.6 x 88.9 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Mérida, Paris, Caracas: Oswaldo Vigas, peintures, La Seyne-sur-Mer, Villa Tamaris Centre d'Art, 2011, p. 128 (illustrated in color). B. Rodríguez, Oswaldo Vigas, Caracas, Fundación Oswaldo Vigas, Editorial Arte, 2012, p. 41 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
La Seyne-sur-Mer, Villa Tamaris Centre d'Art, Mérida, Paris, Caracas: Oswaldo Vigas, peintures, 26 March-27 April, 2011. Caracas, Galería Arte Ascaso, Vigas en París: Obra de los años sesenta, June-August 2008. Bogotá, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Oswaldo Vigas 1943-1973, 18 May-15 June 1973.
Lot Essay
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Fundación Oswaldo Vigas, signed by Lorenzo Vigas.