Diego Rivera (1886-1957)
Niña con flores amarillas
signed and dated ‘Diego Rivera 1950’ (lower right)
gouache on rice paper
15 ¼ x 11 in. (38.7 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed in 1950.
Provenance
Clarence J. Woodard collection, San Francisco. Sale, Christie’s, New York, 28 May 1998, lot 2. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Diego Rivera I Pintura de caballete y dibujos, Malintzin, Fondo Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana, 1979, pg. 184, no. 178 (illustrated in color). Diego Rivera: Catálogo general de obra de caballete, Mexico City, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1989, p. 257, no. 1974 (illustrated, with incorrect provenance).
Lot Essay
We are grateful to Professor Luis-Martín Lozano for his assistance cataloguing this work.