MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS (1904-1957)

Lot 27
28.02.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 27 | MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS (1904-1957)
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 150 000
MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS (1904-1957)
Juchitecas bailando el son
signed ‘COVARRUBIAS' (lower right); inscribed 'Para el Sr. Holger Graffman, de su amigo, Mexico, Enero 14, 1947’ (lower right)
gouache on paper
15 x 21 7/8 in. (38.1 x 55.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1941-1942.




Provenance

Holger Graffman, Stockholm (gift from the artist, 1947)
By descent from the the above
Private collection, San Francisco
Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

M. Covarrubias, “Women of Fashion in Tehuantepec, Mexico," Vogue, January 15, 1942. p. 53 (illustrated in color).
M. Covarrubias, Mexico South: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 1946, p. 311 (illustrated in color).
L. García-Noriega y Nieto, Miguel Covarrubias, Homenaje, 1987, p. 166 (illustrated in color).



Further Details

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Anahí Luna.

Please note this work was executed circa 1941-1942, then later inscribed by the artist 'Para el Sr. Holger Graffman, de su amigo, Mexico, Enero 14, 1947’ (lower right) when it was gifted in 1947.
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