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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 25, 2023 | Morton Casa de Subastas | Mexico City | Subasta de Arte Latinoamericano | 34 | $****** - ****** | Founders of Nuevo Laredo |
sculpture
59 x 40 x 27 cm (23.23 x 15.75 x 10.63 in)
Bronze sculpture on an onyx base
Signed and dated 59; With dedication at the base
FRANCISCO ZÚÑIGA
(San José, Costa Rica, 1912 - Mexico City, 1998)
Founders of Nuevo Laredo
Signed and dated 59
Bronze sculpture on an onyx base
With dedication at the base.
With a commemorative plaque that describes the legend: "A people as endearingly patriotic and Mexican as this one from Nuevo Laredo, who knowing that a city is not only present and future, but also past, to settle on this site brought the venerated remains of their ancestors to link themselves to all our historical tradition of Mexicanness." Adolfo López Mateos, June 5, 1958.
We thank Mr. Ariel Zúñiga for verifying the authenticity of this work, March 2023.
Published in: ZÚÑIGA, Ariel et al. Francisco Zúñiga. Catalog Raisonné. Volume I: Sculpture 1923-1993. Mexico. Editorial Albedrío, Fundación Zúñiga Laborde A.C., 2003, p. 173, cataloged 225.
There is a monumental version of this work, which is installed on the International Bridge of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas and published in: ZÚÑIGA, Ariel et al. Francisco Zúñiga. Catalog Raisonné. Volume I: Sculpture 1923-1993. Mexico. Editorial Albedrío, Fundación Zúñiga Laborde A.C., 2003, p. 173, cataloged 226.
In the work of Francisco Zúñiga, Mexican heroes stand out since on multiple occasions they were commissioned to be gifts to other nations, in addition to other institutional commissions. Technically, her work is diversified into marble and onyx carving, as well as modeling for bronze casting, generating results where the play of volumes and the counterweight of blocks adhere to Mexican realism.
Source consulted: CONCHEIRO, Elvira and PACHECO, Víctor Hugo. (Compilers) Raquel Tibol. Criticism and militancy. Mexico. Center for Studies of the Workers" and Socialist Movement, A. C. 2016, p. 110.
59 x 40 x 27 cm total measurements with base
