ID 1166887 
Lot 15  | DIEGO RIVERA (1886-1957)
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000 
El copetón
signed and dated 'Diego Rivera, 30' (lower left)
encaustic on canvas
23 ¾ x 17 ¾ in. (60.3 x 45.1 cm.)
Painted in 1930.
Provenance
Carl Van Vechten, New York.
Joseph Solomon, New York (acquired from the above).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
B. Wolfe, et al., Portrait of Mexico, 1937, n. 34 (illustrated).
A. Souza, "Los niños mexicanos pintados por Diego Rivera," Artes de México, Vol. 5, No. 27, 1959, n. 13 (illustrated).
D. Rivera, Diego Rivera [v.] 1 Pintura de caballete y dibujos, 1979, n. 183, p. 188 (illustrated in color).
Diego Rivera: Catálogo general de obra de caballete, 1989, n. 906, p. 121 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Diego Rivera, 1931, no. 42 (illustrated).
Mexico, Museo Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Diego Rivera: 50 Años de labor artística, August-December 1951, n. 756, p. 220 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Diego Rivera (1886 - 1957) | 
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| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Genre: | Portrait | 
| Place of origin: | Mexico | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings | 
| Artist: | Diego Rivera (1886 - 1957) | 
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| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Genre: | Portrait | 
| Place of origin: | Mexico | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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