Lot Essay
We are grateful to Professor Luis-Martín Lozano for his assistance cataloguing this work.
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PROPERTY FROM THE LEWIN FAMILY COLLECTION
Diego Rivera (1886-1957)
Niño Jesús Sánchez
Details
Diego Rivera (1886-1957)
Niño Jesús Sánchez
signed, dated and inscribed 'Niño Jesús Sánchez, oriundo del pueblo de San Juaníco a los 3 años de edad, lo retrató Diego Rivera. 1930.' (lower center)
oil on tin
19 ¾ x 11 ¼ in. (50.2 x 28.6 cm.)
Painted in 1930
Niño Jesús Sánchez
signed, dated and inscribed 'Niño Jesús Sánchez, oriundo del pueblo de San Juaníco a los 3 años de edad, lo retrató Diego Rivera. 1930.' (lower center)
oil on tin
19 ¾ x 11 ¼ in. (50.2 x 28.6 cm.)
Painted in 1930
Provenance
Mrs. Malcolm McBride, Cleveland, Ohio.
Bernard and Edith Lewin collection, Palm Springs, California.
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Bernard and Edith Lewin collection, Palm Springs, California.
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
B. Wolfe, Portrait of Mexico, New York, Friede Publishers, 1937, no. 52 (illustrated).
"Los niños Mexicanos pintados por Diego Rivera," Artes de México, vol. 5, no. 27, 1959, no. 6 (illustrated).
Diego Rivera: Catálogo general de obra de caballete, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1989, p. 120, no. 901 (illustrated).
"Los niños Mexicanos pintados por Diego Rivera," Artes de México, vol. 5, no. 27, 1959, no. 6 (illustrated).
Diego Rivera: Catálogo general de obra de caballete, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1989, p. 120, no. 901 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Diego Rivera 50 años de su labor artistica: exposición de homenaje nacional, 1951, no. 758.