FRIDA KAHLO (1907-1954)
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ID 1507878
Lot 112 | FRIDA KAHLO (1907-1954)
Estimate value
100000USD $ 100 000 – 150 000
Sketch for Pancho Villa and Adelita
dedicated 'CHONG LEE' (on the reverse)
pencil on paper
7 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (20 x 23.2 cm.)
Drawn circa 1927
Provenance
Miguel N. Lira, Mexico City (gift from the artist).
R.P. Rubén García Vadillo, Tlaxcala (1961).
Private collection, Los Angeles.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 22 November 2000, lot 130.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
M. Zamora, El pincel de la angustia, Mexico, 1987, p. 374 (illustrated in color).
S. Grimberg, et. al., Frida Kahlo: Das Gesamtwerk Verlag Kritik, Frankfurt, p. 195, no. 180 (illustrated in color).
L.-M. Lozano, Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings, Cologne, 2021, p. 23 (illustrated in color).
Further Details
We are grateful to Professor Luis-Martín Lozano for his assistance cataloguing this work.
We are also grateful to Dr. Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
| Artist: | Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil, Graphite |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic, Stone |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil, Graphite |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic, Stone |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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