Details
DIEGO RIVERA (1886-1957)
Con la carga a espaldas
signed and dated 'Diego Rivera, 44' (lower left)
watercolor and ink on paper
1514 x 1034 in. (38.7 x 27.3 cm.)
Executed in 1944.
Provenance
Private collection (acquired directly from the artist).
Thence by descent.
Anon. sale; Skinner, Marlborough, 29 June 2022, lot 7A.
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
FURTHER DETAILS
We are grateful to Professor Luis-Martín Lozano for his assistance cataloguing this work.
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A study for this work is illustrated in Diego Rivera: Catalogo General de Obra de Caballete, published by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1989 (p. 310, catalogue raisonné no. 2401). The sketch is executed in charcoal on paper and inscribed with a dedication to Rivera's daughter, Ruth: "To Chapo Diego Rivera."

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