Francisco Zúñiga (1912-1998)
Rosa en una silla
signed 'Zúñiga 1980’ (on back of sculpture) inscribed ‘Fundición Carlos Rojas, México-1981, III / V, Escultor F. Zúñiga.’ (on the base)
bronze
48 x 29 ½ x 28 in. (121.9 x 74.9 x 71.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1980; Cast in 1981.
Edition three of five.
Provenance
Anon. sale, Elite Decorative Arts, Boca Raton, 13 October 2012, lot 100. Top Art Gallery, Miami (acquired from the above). Private collection, Miami. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Francisco Zúñiga: Sculpture/Drawings, London, Theo Waddington, 1981, (another cast illustrated on the back cover). Francisco Zúñiga: Catálogo razonado volumen I, escultura 1923-1993, Mexico City, Albedrío & Fundación Zúñiga Laborde, 1999, p. 507, no. 875 (another cast illustrated).
Lot Essay
This work is sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by Ariel Zúñiga and dated 8 March 2017.