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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 | 61 | $****** - ****** | Claudia and Alberto |
sculpture
42 x 44 x 22 cm (16.54 x 17.32 x 8.66 in)
Terracotta sculpture on a wooden base
Signed and dated 55
FRANCISCO ZÚÑIGA
(San José, Costa Rica, 1912 - Mexico City, 1998)
Claudia and Alberto
Signed and dated 55
Terracotta sculpture on a wooden base
We thank Mr. Ariel Zúñiga for verifying the authenticity of this work, March 2023.
Published in: ZÚÑIGA, Ariel et al. Francisco Zúñiga. Catalogue Raisonné. Volume I: Sculpture 1923-1993. Mexico. Editorial Albedrío, Fundación Zúñiga Laborde A.C., 2003, p. 148, cataloged 171.
It has minimal details of conservation.
She arrived from Costa Rica to Mexico at only 23 years of age and hungry to grow despite having received various displays of support in her native country where her training began at the School of Fine Arts along with lessons in carving religious images. Upon her arrival in Mexico she helped in the workshop of Manuel Rodríguez Lozano as well as in that of Oliverio Martínez. Years later it was Francisco Zúñiga who trained students such as Pedro Coronel and Manuel Felguérez.
Source consulted: CONCHEIRO, Elvira and PACHECO, Victor Hugo. (Compilers) Raquel Tibol. Criticism and militancy. Mexico. Center for Studies of the Workers" and Socialist Movement, A. C. 2016, p. 110.
42 x 44 x 22 cm total measurements with base
