Name: Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957)
Brand: Mayan Woman / Portrait of a Thai Dancer (double-sided work)
Price: 6500.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957)
Mayan Woman / Portrait of a Thai Dancer (double-sided work)
signed and dedicated 'Para el Chango, de su viejísimo amigo, COVARRUBIAS' (lower left)
gouache on paper
15¹⁄₄ x 11¹⁄₄ in. (38.7 x 28.6 cm.)

Ernesto García Cabral, Mexico.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 2010, lot 90.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The present work is a study for the dust jacket of the book The Young Concubine: A Romance of indo-China by Makhali-Phal (Nelly-Pierrette Guesde), 1942.

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Adriana Williams.