Diego Rivera (1886-1957)
Campesina
signed and dated 'Diego Rivera 36' (lower right)
charcoal on rice paper
15 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (39.4 x 27.3 cm.)
Executed in 1936.
Provenance
Álvar Carrillo Gil collection, Mexico City. Gift from the above. Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 19 November 1991, lot 107 (illustrated). Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, Inc., New York. Janine Moulton, Columbus, Ohio. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Intimates and Confidants in Art: Husbands, Wives, Lovers and Friends, Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Art, 1993, p. 60 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Art, Intimates and Confidants in Art: Husbands, Wives, Lovers and Friends, 28 February-23 May 1993.
Sale Room Notice
Please note this lot is offered without a reserve.
Lot Essay
We are grateful to Professor Luis-Martín Lozano for his assistance cataloguing this work.