MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS (1904-1957)

Lot 13
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Lot 13 | MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS (1904-1957)
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MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS (1904-1957)

Impossible Interview #7 (Maria of Romania vs. Mae West)

signed 'COVARRUBIAS' (lower right)

gouache on paper

12 x 10 1/8 in. (30.5 x 25.7 cm.)

Executed circa 1932.





Provenance

Private collection, Mexico City.

Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 28 May 1998, lot 287.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

"Impossible Interviews—no.7," Vanity Fair, vol. 8, no. 4, June 1932 (illustrated, p. 38).



Exhibited

Mexico City, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, Miguel Covarrubias, Homenaje 1904-1957, 1987 (illustrated, p. 88).



Further details

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Anahí Luna, dated September 2023.
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