DIEGO RIVERA (1886-1957)
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ID 1422986 
Lot 60  | DIEGO RIVERA (1886-1957)
Estimate value
$ 5 000 000 – 7 000 000 
La ofrenda de Janitzio
signed and dated 'Diego Rivera 1947' (lower right)
oil on linen laid down on masonite
45 ¼ x 37 ¼ in. (114.9 x 94.6 cm.)
Painted in 1947
Provenance
Emma Hurtado, Mexico City (acquired from the artist).
Private collection, United States; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 May 1985, lot 38.
CDS Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owners, circa 1985.
Literature
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Diego Rivera: Catálogo de obra de caballete, Mexico City, 1989, p. 231, no. 1774 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Diego Rivera: 50 años de su labor artística, 1951, p. 450, no. 717 (illustrated).
Further Details
We are grateful to Professor Luis-Martín Lozano for his assistance cataloguing this work.
| Artist: | Diego Rivera (1886 - 1957) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Place of origin: | Mexico | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings | 
| Artist: | Diego Rivera (1886 - 1957) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Place of origin: | Mexico | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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