GUNTHER GERZSO (1915-2000)
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ID 1380872
Lot 32 | GUNTHER GERZSO (1915-2000)
Estimate value
120000USD $ 120 000 – 180 000
Mujer pájaro
signed and dated 'GERZSO 44' (lower right); signed and dated again, titled and inscribed 'GERZSO 44 'MUJER PAJARO' TRASLIENZADO EN FEB 1965' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21 ½ x 17 5/8 in. (54.6 x 44.8 cm.)
Painted in 1944.
Provenance
Mr. & Mrs. Guillermo Pasquel Esteva, Mexico (acquired directly from the artist, 1965)
Maria de las Mercedes Pasquel y Barcenas, Mexico (by descent from the above)
Anibal de Iturbide Pasquel, Mexico (gift from the above)
Inverarte Art Gallery, San Antonio (acquired from the above)
Latin American Fine Art, Texas (acquired from the above)
Literature
L. Cardoza y Aragón, Gunther Gerzso, 1972, n. 3 (illustrated).
R. Eder, Gunther Gerzso: El esplendor de la muralla, 1994, n. 3 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Mexico City, Galería Universitaria Aristos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Surrealismo y arte fantástico en México, 15 June 1967, n. 34.
Further details
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist and dated 3 February 1965.
Please note this work was executed in 1944, then later signed and dated again, titled, and inscribed by the artist 'GERZSO 44 'MUJER PAJARO' TRASLIENZADO EN FEB 1965' (on the reverse) in February 1965.
We are grateful to Dr. J. Michael Gerzso for his assistance cataloguing this work.
Artist: | Gunther Gerzso (1915 - 2000) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Surrealism |
Place of origin: | Mexico |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Gunther Gerzso (1915 - 2000) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Surrealism |
Place of origin: | Mexico |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Address of auction |
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