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DIEGO RIVERA (1886-1957)

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$ 7 000 000
Auction dateClassic
09.11.2022 19:00UTC -04:00
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ID 838990
Lot 37 | DIEGO RIVERA (1886-1957)
DIEGO RIVERA (1886-1957)

The Rivals

signed and dated 'Diego Rivera 1931' (lower right)

oil on canvas

60 x 50 in. (152.4 x 127 cm.)

Painted in 1931





Provenance

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., New York (acquired from the artist, 1931).

Peggy and David Rockefeller, New York (gift from the above, 1941); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 9 May 2018, lot 424 (world auction record for the artist at the time of sale).

Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.



Literature

B. Wolfe, Diego Rivera: His Life and Times, New York, 1939, no. 142 (illustrated).

J. Barnitz, et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Art of the Western Hemisphere, New York, 1988, vol. II, pp. 237-238, no. 146 (illustrated).

Diego Rivera: Catálogo General de Obra de Caballete, Mexico City, 1989, p. 132, no. 991 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Diego Rivera, December 1931-January 1932, pp. 39 and 53, no. 44 (illustrated).

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Diego Rivera, February 1932, no. 44.

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Exhibition 17: Summer Exhibition, Painting and Sculpture, June-October 1932, no. 32.160.

The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June-November 1933, no. 738 (illustrated).

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Modern Works of Art: Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, November 1934-January 1935, p. 33, no. 135 (illustrated).

Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Centennial Exposition: Catalogue of the Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures, Graphic Arts, June-November 1936, no. 4.

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Summer Exhibitions: Paintings and Sculpture from the Museum Collection and on Loan, June-November 1937.

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art, November 2011-May 2012.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Diego Rivera's America, July-September 2022, p. 54, no. 28 (illustrated in color).



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Artist:Diego Rivera (1886 - 1957)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Mexico
Category:Painting
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