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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 | 60 | $****** - ****** | The letter, relief fragment |
sculpture
55 x 63 x 10 cm (21.65 x 24.8 x 3.94 in)
Plaster sculpture
Unsigned
FRANCISCO ZÚÑIGA
(San José, Costa Rica, 1912 - Mexico City, 1998)
The letter, relief fragment, 1952
Unsigned
Plaster sculpture, unique piece
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. 134, catalogued 140.
Thanks to the training he received from an early age under his father, Francisco Zúñiga managed to make his work an excellent game of volumes and counterweight of blocks influenced by Mexican realism, expressions that he continued in his production until his last years of life, even when his vision was weakened.
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, page 110.
55 x 63 x 10 cm
