Oswaldo Vigas (1926-2014)
Selvática-Insectívora (mugosa)
signed 'VIGAS' (lower left)
oil on canvas
66 ¼ x 28 ¼ in.(168.3 x 71.8 cm.)
Painted in 1965.
Provenance
Private collection, Mérida, Venezuela.
Literature
G. Diehl, Oswaldo Vigas, Caracas, Armitano Editores, p. 111, no. 78 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Retrospectiva Vigas: lo figurativo y lo telúrico, October–November 1990. Paris, Museo La Monnaie de Paris, Vigas, de 1952 a 1993, 15 September-10 October 1993, p. 64 (illustrated in color). Mérida, Venezuela, Universidad de Los Andes, Galería la Otra Banda, Vigas en Mérida, 30 November -13 December 1999.
Lot Essay
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Fundación Oswaldo Vigas, signed by Jeannine Castès de Vigas.